put on the ritz: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    USUKGeneralinformalcolloquialdated
    • To dress, act, or entertain in a fashionable, elegant, or ostentatiously luxurious manner; to display wealth or sophistication.

    Examples

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    • For the charity ball, everyone decided to put on the ritz, wearing their finest tuxedos and gowns.

      Para el baile de caridad, todos decidieron vestirse con elegancia, usando sus mejores esmoquin y vestidos.

    • He put on the ritz for the gala, arriving in a limousine and making a grand entrance.

      Él se vistió de gala para la gala, llegando en una limusina y haciendo una entrada espectacular.

    • Whenever the CEO visits, the staff puts on the ritz to impress the important guests.

      Cada vez que el director general visita, el personal se viste elegantemente para impresionar a los invitados importantes.

Examples:

  • EN: That you wouldn't dare put on the ritz for me
    HI: जो तुम तोड़ो पिया मैं नाही तोडूं रे
  • EN: "They put on the ritz"
    TE: 'ఆర్టీసీపై వారి కన్ను పడింది'

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