dress down

dress down
verb
1. censure severely or angrily
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The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car

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The deputy ragged the Prime Minister

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The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup

• Syn:
• Derivationally related forms:
↑chiding (for: ↑chide), ↑scolder (for: ↑scold), ↑scolding (for: ↑scold), ↑reprimand (for: ↑reprimand), ↑lecture (for: ↑lecture), ↑reproof (for: ↑reproof), ↑rebuker (for: ↑rebuke), ↑rebuke (for: ↑rebuke)
• Hypernyms: ↑knock, ↑criticize, ↑criticise, ↑pick apart
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s PP

 (for: ↑have words)
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Somebody ——s PP

 (for: ↑remonstrate)
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Somebody ——s PP

 (for: ↑jaw)
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Sam cannot dress down Sue

2. dress informally and casually
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On Fridays, employees can underdress

• Syn: ↑underdress
• Ant: ↑overdress (for: ↑underdress), ↑dress up
• Hypernyms: ↑dress, ↑get dressed
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

* * *

dress informally

Sue dressed down in old jeans and a white blouse

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dress down [phrasal verb]
1 : to wear informal clothes

Most of the students dress down for class, usually wearing jeans and T-shirts.

On Fridays everyone in the office dresses down.

— see also ↑dress-down
2 dress (someone) down or dress down (someone) : to speak angrily to (someone) for doing something wrong

He was/got dressed down for failing to follow orders.

— see also ↑dressing-down
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Main Entry: ↑dress

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ˌdress ˈdown derived
to wear clothes that are more informal than those you usually wear, for example in an office
Main entry: ↑dressderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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