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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. 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 |
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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. Wragge, throwing open the wardrobe, and taking a dress down from one of the pegs. 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. |
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