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Verb: dress down  dres dawn
  1. Censure severely or angrily
  2. Dress informally and casually
    "On Fridays, employees can dress down";
    - underdress

Derived forms: dressed down, dressing down, dresses down

Type of: criticise [Brit], criticize, damn, dress, get dressed, knock, pick apart

Antonym: dress up

Encyclopedia: Dress down