dress down

Example Sentences

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But Ali Bongo re-emerged as a more reserved figure, attempting to dress down and travelling to campaign in the provinces.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2023

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

Fontbonne Hall tweeted on Wednesday that all proceeds from the "dress down" event will be donated to families of the fallen police officers.

From Fox News • Feb. 3, 2022

During the height of the coronavirus pandemic, more than 70% of American workers were doing their jobs from home, which meant, for many of them, a chance to dress down.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2021

Fair fight or not, she wasn’t going to let me dress down my father, not with language, not with anything.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee