| VERB | communication | dress down, call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast | censure severely or angrily |
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| body | dress down, underdress | dress informally and casually |
| Meaning | censure severely or angrily. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot dress down Sue | |
| Synonyms | call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast | |
| Narrower | chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct | censure severely |
| tell off, brush down | reprimand | |
| Broader | knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart | find fault with |
| Spanish | amonestar, censurar, criticar, dar una paliza, discutir, echar una reprimenda, increpar, llamar la atención, poner verde, rechazar, reconvenir, regañar, reñir, reprender a gritos, reprender, reprimir, reprobar, reprochar, retar, tener unas palabras, vociferar | |
| Catalan | amonestar, increpar, reganyar, renyar, reprendre | |
| Meaning | Dress informally and casually. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | underdress | |
| Broader | dress, get dressed | Put on clothes |
| See also | dress | put on clothes |
| Opposite | overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out | Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive |
| Catalan | malvestir-se | |
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