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dress down

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambastverb

    censure severely or angrily

    "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

  2. dress down, underdressverb

    dress informally and casually

    "On Fridays, employees can underdress"

Wiktionary

  1. dress downverb

    To scold

  2. dress downverb

    To wear casual or informal clothes

ChatGPT

  1. dress down

    To dress down means to wear casual or informal clothes as compared to the usual formal or smart attire expected for a particular occasion or setting. It also refers to the act of reprimanding or scolding someone severely, often in a position of authority.

Editors Contribution

  1. dress down

    jamaican for 'move over'.

    he sat in the seat nearest him, 'dress down, dress down.' his mother indicated for him to move further down the row of empty seats.


    Submitted by anonymous on February 23, 2014  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dress down in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dress down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of dress down in a Sentence

  1. Tyra Martin:

    When I stood up, I pulled my skirt part of my dress down and he did say,' Oh, don't pull it down now.' that gave me pause but I never felt uncomfortable.

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