dress down

• Verbo frasal que significa vestir-se de forma informal ou casual, ou repreender ou advertir alguém severamente.

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

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. Wear casual clothesinformal

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

   Vestir-se casualmente

   • 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.

   Antônimosdress upformalize

2. Reprimand or scoldinformal

   To criticize someone severely for a mistake or wrongdoing.

   Repreender

   • 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.

   Sinônimosberatecastigatechastisechew outlecturerebukereprimandscoldtell offupbraid

   Antônimoscommendcomplimentlaudpraise

Verbo basedress