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dress down

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dress someone down
to tell someone angrily what they have done wrong. She dressed him down in front of a large group of his co-workers. He dresses down players on their performance in the games.
See also: down, dress

dress down
to wear informal clothes. I dress down if I know I'm just going to be moving boxes of documents at work.
Usage notes: often said about wearing informal clothes at work
See also: down, dress
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Tulliver, stroking her dress down, "I've seen what riches are in my own family; for my sisters have got husbands as can afford to do pretty much what they like.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
Wragge, throwing open the wardrobe, and taking a dress down from one of the pegs.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Dan could bait up trawl or lay his hand on any rope in the dark; and at a pinch, when Uncle Salters had a gurry-sore on his palm, could dress down by sense of touch.
Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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