dresses down
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"The younger man dresses up to look serious, and the older man dresses down to look like one of the guys."
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Her supervisor, played by Nicole Kidman, dresses down generals in the situation room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Like the moment when the chef dresses down a WCK worker for breaking protocol in the Bahamas and giving a woman sustenance before relief stations were set up.
From Washington Post ● May 24, 2022
She dresses down when she’s with the children she seeks to help and turns up the glamor at the official events.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2019
I mean, of course, she turned up her hair, and let her dresses down.
From Peter's Mother by Mrs. Henry De La Pasture
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