dress down
v 1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
for entering the stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter
for bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic [syn: {rebuke},
{check}, {rag}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw},
{scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate},
{chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
2: put on clothes that make a careless or ill-dressed
impression [syn: {underdress}] [ant: {dress up}]