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      [Verb]  | "dress down" 


      1: to reprove severely

      2: to dress casually especially for reasons of fashion


      Origin: 1852 ;

      [Adjective]  | "dressed down" 


      1: as in casual, everyday;




      [Verb]  | "dressed down" 


      1: to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings;


        * e.g., " ... dressed down for boorish behavior at the dance "



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      [Verb]  | "dress down" 


      1: to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings;


        * e.g., " ... dressed down for boorish behavior at the dance "



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       [ "dressing down" ]

      1:  A scolding or telling-off.

        * e.g.,  ... Mrs. Smith gave me a dressing down for being late to the exam. A tank top at a funeral? Talk about dressing down. She can do way better than him. I don't know why she's always dressing down. 


       [ "dressing down" ]

      2:  A situation characterized by unnecessarily informal or lackluster clothing.


       [ "dressing down" ]

      3:  The act of dating someone noticeably less attractive and/or successful than you.

       [ "dress down" ]

      1:  to dress less formally than normal at work or a gathering

        * e.g.,  ... How much are you going to dress down at the party? 


       [ "dress down" ]

      2:  to reprimand

       [ "dress down" ]

      1: In addition to, and to clarify, the other definition:

        * e.g.,  ... Despite her attempts to dress down by wearing long pants and a coat, that shit was still poppin' out all over the place! 


       [ "dress down" ]

      2: A person (often female) is dressed down when she is wearing clothes that do not accentuate her voluptuous parts (if any).

       [ "Dress Down Friday" ]

      1: A girl who likes to do the housework in her knickers, from "Man Friday" the manservant in Robinson Crusoe.

        * e.g.,  ... Being a Dress Down Friday, Evette always ended up with cobwebs on her nipples. 

       [ "Dress Down Syndrome" ]

      1: The act of forgetting that it is dress down day and arriving in your regular work wear.

        * e.g.,  ... Joey turned up to work in his normal work clothes whilst all his colleagues had remembered to come in casual clothing, Poor Joey has some kind of Dress Down Syndrome. 

       [ "dressed up dressed down" ]

      1: Expression that defines the outfit of someone who is both dressed up and dressed down (fancy ans casual). For instance, a fancy dress paired with dirty converses could be defined as such.

        * e.g.,  ... You are so dressed up dressed down today! 

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