dress down | Idiomator

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)Toscold.2022October 10, Jonathan Mahon-Heap, quoting Hugo, 29, former analyst, “‘One guy brandished a whip’ – bankers on Industry’s rampant sex, drugs and bullying culture”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:One night – it was 2.30am – hedressed downa graduate, screaming in her face: “Are you stupid? Are you a fucking stupid cunt?” I had never seen anything like it in a workplace, or on TV, and I haven’t since.2023May 16, Cecilia Kang, “OpenAI’s Sam Altman Urges A.I. Regulation in Senate Hearing”, inThe New York Times‎[2],→ISSN:Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and other tech luminaries have all beendressed downon Capitol Hill by lawmakers upset with their companies.; (intransitive)Towearcasualorinformalclothes.; (nautical)To prepare (caught fish) by gutting them, removing the heads and backbones, etc.1897, Rudyard Kipling,Captains Courageous:Dan could bait up trawl or lay his hand on any rope in the dark; and at a pinch, when Uncle Salters had a gurry-sore on his palm, coulddress downby sense of touch.

Examples:

EN: I'm going to dress down that young upstart for not saluting me.
ES: Castigaré a ese joven por no haberme saludado.
EN: And pull your dress down!
ES: ¡Y colócate el vestido!
EN: I'll buy a dress down in Aubagne...
ES: Me compraré un vestido, lazos, perfumes.
EN: $1 a pound on the hoof and that'll dress down to about... $5 for eating beef, and I'll buy them all!
ES: 2 dólares el kilo en pie, así preparado para comer quedará... a 10 dólares el kilo, ¡y las compro todas!
EN: It's now not that I'm stuck to the skin. We only sponge your dress down.
ES: Limpiaremos tu vestido con una esponja.
EN: Billy Jack, you get Brennan to dress down enough for supper.
ES: Billy Jack, haz que Brennan se vista para cenar.
EN: Pull your dress down.
ES: Y bájate ese vestido.
EN: I think you might want to dress down for now.
ES: Creo que quizás quieras vestirte informalmente por ahora.
EN: -Pull your dress down.
ES: -Bájate el vestido.
EN: And always dress down.
ES: Y... siempre usa ropa discreta.
EN: Now slip the dress down slowly.
ES: Deja caer el vestido. Lentamente.
EN: Why don't you let your dress down in back?
ES: Te ayudaré. Debes perdonarme, pero...
EN: You dress down, but you're very attractive.
ES: Viste usted mal, pero es muy atractiva.
EN: Put your dress down, Matthews.
ES: Baja tu vestido, Matthews.
EN: Oh, I'll dress down.
ES: Oh, me vestiré adecuadamente.

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