to dress down

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To scold
To wear casual or informal clothes
If you dress down, you wear clothes that are less smart than usual. She dresses down in baggy clothes to avoid hordes of admirers
put on clothes that make a careless or ill-dressed impression
{f} underdress; dress in a way that is not formal enough for the circumstances; scold; criticize severely
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"
to dress down

    Hyphenation

    to dress Down

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı dres daun

    Pronunciation

    /tə ˈdres ˈdoun/ /tə ˈdrɛs ˈdaʊn/
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