Phrasal Verb of the Day

The phrasal verb "dress down" is more widely known by its usual definition, which stands for wearing informal clothes, meaning the opposite of the "dress up". During class today with our teacher Levi, awareness was raised of the fact that there might be another meaning to it, so I looked it up on three online dictionaries: The Free Dictionary (1), Merriam-Webster (2) and The Cambridge Online Dictionary (3).

Here are the results that followed the research:

(1) Phrasal Verbs:

dress down

1. To scold; reprimand: I was dressed down by the teacher for lateness.

2. To wear informal clothes, befitting an occasion or location: I dressed down for such a casual occasion.

(2) Definition:

transitive verb

: to reprove severely

       intransitive verb

: to dress casually especially for reasons of fashion

Example:

1. <dressed down for boorish behavior at the dance>

(3) Definition: 

If you dress down for an occasion, you intentionally wear informal clothes of the type that will not attract attention:

She always made a point of dressing down on her first date with a man.

SOURCES:
(1) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dress+down
(2) http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dressing-down?show=1&t=1375494270
(3) http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/dress-down