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Dolled up
Jessica told her sister not to get dolled up for dinner, since they were just eating with their parents
Jennifer Lawrence got all dolled up for the Oscar Ceremony
Girls get more dolled up to impress other girls than their own boyfriend
Definition: to dress in an elegant or ostentatiously stylish manner:
Etymology: Dress up like a doll


Let it slide
The company has really let things slide in recent months, because they are now in the red
The referee was being too mean when he gave a red card to the struggling team against Barcelona. He should have just let it slide
Don&`&t punish the tenants, and let it slide, the damage to the window was done by their young boy.
Definition: to allow a situation to become slowly worse. Or to allow something to go unpunished

Run riot
The principals relaxed attitude allowed the children to run riot
The slaughter of cats allowed the rats to run riot
The football ran riot after their team lost.
Definition: to act without control or restraint: