dress down
verb
dressed down; dressing down; dresses down
: to reprove severely
: to dress casually especially for reasons of fashion
Examples of dress down in a Sentence
dressed down for boorish behavior at the dance
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This was heightened by the extraordinary dressing down Trump and Vice President JD Vance gave Zelensky in his recent Oval Office visit and an apparent rapprochement between the White House and the Kremlin.
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William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
In This Week’s Issue REVERSE-NIXON Might Donald Trump’s public dressing down of Volodymyr Zelensky have been intended to repair relations with Russia and put China on their back foot, Richard Nixon–style?
—airmail.news, 8 Mar. 2025
The administration has publicly dressed down Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
In this week’s promo for Saturday Night Live, a bespectacled, dressed down Gaga — who will be both host and musical guest Saturday — sits at a piano in the SNL offices, performing musical improvisations that comment on various cast members passing through.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
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William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
In This Week’s Issue REVERSE-NIXON Might Donald Trump’s public dressing down of Volodymyr Zelensky have been intended to repair relations with Russia and put China on their back foot, Richard Nixon–style?
—airmail.news, 8 Mar. 2025
The administration has publicly dressed down Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
In this week’s promo for Saturday Night Live, a bespectacled, dressed down Gaga — who will be both host and musical guest Saturday — sits at a piano in the SNL offices, performing musical improvisations that comment on various cast members passing through.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Dress down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20down. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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