dress down
Example Sentences
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“My late husband worked in fundraising and had learned to look beyond the surface, as many of his former company’s largest donors tended to dress down so as to not attract attention,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
David Mulroney, Canada’s ambassador to China from 2009 to 2012, said it appeared to him that Mr. Xi planned to dress down Mr. Trudeau within earshot of journalists’ microphones.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
So can they now dress down a bit?
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2022
It’s worth the wait to see Wilson dress down a German ambassador as a prelude to America’s entrance in the war.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2021
She couldn’t leave the skeleton in the dress down there.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
