your get-up was excellent
Preserved but no longer current.
Your style of dress exactly suited the part you professed to enact. In the same way, She was got up regardless, her dress was splendid; money was no object when obtaining it — it was bought "regardless of expense.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “your get-up was excellent” mean?
Your style of dress exactly suited the part you professed to enact. In the same way, She was got up regardless, her dress was splendid; money was no object when obtaining it — it was bought "regardless of expense.
Is “your get-up was excellent” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.