dress down

• Phrasal verb, das bedeutet, ungezwungene oder alltägliche Kleidung zu tragen, oder jemanden streng zurechtzuweisen oder zu tadeln.

A phrasal verb meaning to wear informal or casual clothes, or to scold or reprimand someone severely.

unzählbar · intransitiv · Phrasal, untrennbar

1. Wear casual clothesinformal

   To wear informal or casual clothing, as opposed to formal attire.

   Sich leger kleiden

   • On Fridays, employees are allowed to dress down.
   • She decided to dress down for the picnic.
   • He dressed down in jeans and a t-shirt for the party.

   Antonymedress upformalize

2. Reprimand or scoldinformal

   To criticize someone severely for a mistake or wrongdoing.

   Ausschimpfen

   • The manager dressed him down for being late.
   • She was dressed down by her boss for missing the deadline.
   • He got dressed down in front of the whole team.

   Synonymeberatecastigatechastisechew outlecturerebukereprimandscoldtell offupbraid

   Antonymecommendcomplimentlaudpraise

Grundverbdress