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dress-down

[ dres-doun ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or being a policy that allows employees to dress less formally than usual:

    dress-down days during the summer.



dress down

verb

  1. informal.
    tr to reprimand severely or scold (a person)
  2. intr to dress in a casual or informal manner, esp at work


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dress-down1

First recorded in 1950–55

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Example Sentences

Late-night talk show hosts joked that when the Reagans relaxed, they would dress down from white tie to black tie.

Politicians courting the “NObama” vote almost always dress down, to appear one with their people.

Moreover, the sight of a familiar blue hat and blue-and-white dress down the platform drew Bunny like a magnet.

While they were talking she drew the sleeves of her dress down over her bruised wrists.

She took the red-spotted dress down from its hook and threw it on the bed.

She stopped presently, and drew the lace night dress down a bit.

Dress down the remaining rough face to or near both gauge lines just drawn, and test with straight edge, as in the working face.

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