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dress_down
has definitions from the field of clothing
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[ verb ] censure severely or angrily
Examples "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car" "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister" "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" "check" is archaic |
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[ verb ] (clothing) put on clothes that make a careless or ill-dressed impression
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