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tog

(tŏg, tôg) Informal

1. togs Clothes: gardening togs.

2. A coat or cloak.

tr.v. togged, tog·ging, togs

To dress or clothe: togged herself in ski pants.

[Short for obsolete togeman, from obsolete French togue, cloak, from Latin toga, garment; see toga.]

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Adj.

togged - dressed especially in smart clothes

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

clad, clothed - wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses"

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Virtually adopted by their President, beefed up and togged out in distinctive headgear, the Special Forces became the best known of the world's elite military forces.

Robinson, Linda. Masters of Chaos: The Secret History of the Special Forces

The second group is rather more pleased with themselves and the size of their thighs so goes in for getting togged up to the nines.

Togged up or trying to hide?

Togged up in naval uniforms, each statuette was slotted into a maze of steel conduits, and with all the shutdown valves interspersed throughout the piping, the allusion to the claustrophobic quarters of submarines was obvious.