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dress down, v.
more info dress informally and casually
<verb.body>

dress down underdress

sample sentences

"On Fridays, employees can underdress"

verb frames

Somebody ----s

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Somebody ----s
lexical pointers
antonym
dress up
lexical pointers
antonym
overdress
semantic pointers
hypernym
dress, get dressed
more info censure severely or angrily
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

bawl out berate call down call on the carpet chew out chew up chide dress down have words jaw lambast lambaste lecture rag rebuke remonstrate reprimand scold take to task trounce

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue

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Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue

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Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
rebuke rebuker
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
scolding scolder
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
chiding
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lecture
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
reprimand
semantic pointers
hyponym
castigate, correct, chastise, objurgate, chasten tell off, brush down
hypernym
criticize, criticise, knock, pick apart