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English Dictionary: dress down by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dress down
v
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): 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, lambast
  2. dress informally and casually; "On Fridays, employees can underdress"
    Synonym(s): dress down, underdress
    Antonym(s): attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up
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