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

Something that I could dress down with more nontraditional tailoring.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2024

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

The noise momentarily stunned me, and all I could think about was that the backs of my legs were sticking to the leather and I needed to pull my dress down over my knees.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly