Dress-down Definition

drĕsdoun
adjective
Of or relating to situations in which informal clothing is permitted.
Dress-down Fridays.
American Heritage
Of or relating to a policy allowing casual attire in an activity, job, etc. that ordinarily requires more formal dress.
Webster's New World
verb
To dress-down is to scold or criticize someone, or to follow a policy that allows casual attire in a situation that usually requires more formal attire.
When you yell at someone in front of all his co-workers for a mistake he made, this is an example of a situation where you dress-down that person.
An example of dress-down is when you wear jeans to work on Friday.
YourDictionary

(idiomatic) To scold.

Wiktionary

To wear casual or informal clothes.

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Dress-down Sentence Examples

  • The preachers were picturesque figures in long russet dress down to the heels, who, staff in hand, preached in the mother tongue to the people in churches and graveyards, in squares, streets and houses, in gardens and pleasure grounds, and then talked privately with those who had been impressed.

  • You can also dress down an all-white affair with a colored runner.

  • Usually, it is easier to size a dress down than to alter it a size up.

  • Sleeveless versions dress down the look a bit, enabling you to pair the dress with sandals more easily.

  • You can dress up for a night of fine dining and dancing or dress down to relax by the pool.

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