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
The wardrobe team cut the dress down to fit the petite actor but had to handcraft multiples for extra shoots because Alaïa made only one.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023
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
The Gym teacher, Coach Clapp, found me a uniform but didn’t make me dress down for today’s class.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
