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English verb: dress down | |||
| 1. | dress down (communication) censure severely or angrily | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot dress down Sue | ||
| Synonyms | bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | brush down, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate, tell off | ||
| 2. | dress down (body) dress informally and casually | ||
| Samples | On Fridays, employees can underdress. | ||
| Synonyms | underdress | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dress, get dressed | ||
| Antonyms | attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, gussy up, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up, overdress, prink, get up | ||
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