Definition of 'dress down'

Verb

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"
      Synonyms: call on the carpet take to task rebuke rag trounce reproof lecture reprimand jaw call down scold chide berate bawl out remonstrate chew out chew up have words lambaste lambast
2. put on clothes that make a careless or ill-dressed impression
      Synonyms: underdress
      Antonyms: dress up fig out fig up deck up gussy up fancy up trick up deck out trick out prink attire get up rig out tog up tog out overdress

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