dress down

dress down
    v 1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
         for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
         Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for
         bringing cold soup" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {take to
         task}, {rebuke}, {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture},
         {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {call down}, {scold},
         {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out},
         {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
    2: dress informally and casually; "On Fridays, employees can
       underdress" [syn: {dress down}, {underdress}] [ant: {attire},
       {deck out}, {deck up}, {dress up}, {fancy up}, {fig out},
       {fig up}, {get up}, {gussy up}, {overdress}, {prink}, {rig
       out}, {tog out}, {tog up}, {trick out}, {trick up}]
    

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "dress down":
      call down, come down on, flax, give a dressing-down, give it to,
      hide, jump all over, jump on, larrup, lather, leather, lick,
      paddle, speak to, talk to, tan, tell off, trim, wallop, welt,
      whale