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}]