dress down

Verb

• dress informally and casually
  • On Fridays, employees can underdress
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  underdress , call on the carpet , take to task , rebuke , rag , trounce , reproof , lecture , reprimand , jaw , call down , scold , chide , berate , bawl out
• Antonyms: 
  overdress , dress up , fig out , fig up , deck up , gussy up , fancy up , trick up , deck out , trick out