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to dress down
01
to dress in a more casual or informal manner than usual, often for a specific occasion or to conform to a dress code
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
down
Base verb
dress
Present tense
dress down
3rd person singular
dresses down
Present participle
dressing down
Past simple
dressed down
Past participle
dressed down
Examples
On Fridays, we are allowed to dress down at the office.
02
censure severely or angrily
