Bare
Bare verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).
Dress
Dress verb - To make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming.
Usage example: let's dress up the room with some greenery for the holiday party
Common collocations
| girl | bare girl | dress girl |
Both words in one sentence
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Chizetan princesses Tarta and Tatra bare their midriffs and Show Some Leg, and in the anime they dress Umi in similar clothes, then Tatra does a Battle Strip.
Source: Stripperiffic -
Bare Your Midriff: Sera during the first half of the movie shows off her middle, but not so much after she dons her dress later.
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The Chipettes dress like this in The Chipmunk Adventure, given that their costumes bare their midriffs.
Source: Belly Dancer
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