dresses down
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Still, when she does deign to speak, there’s a dynamite scene where she dresses down Julian critically and psychologically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Her supervisor, played by Nicole Kidman, dresses down generals in the situation room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Wintour tells me she only brought one or two suitcases with her to London and she won’t be drawn on whether she dresses down when she’s at home in the US.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024
Like the moment when the chef dresses down a WCK worker for breaking protocol in the Bahamas and giving a woman sustenance before relief stations were set up.
From Washington Post ● May 24, 2022
It wouldn’t wonder me if you got to leave these dresses down till time for school.
From Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites by Anna Balmer Myers
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