dress down

• Verbe à particule signifiant s'habiller de manière décontractée ou informelle, ou réprimander sévèrement quelqu'un.

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

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Wear casual clothesinformal

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

   S'habiller de façon décontractée

   • 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.

   Antonymesdress upformalize

2. Reprimand or scoldinformal

   To criticize someone severely for a mistake or wrongdoing.

   réprimander vertement

   • 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.

   Synonymesberatecastigatechastisechew outlecturerebukereprimandscoldtell offupbraid

   Antonymescommendcomplimentlaudpraise

Verbe de basedress