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}, {rebuke},
           {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw},
           {call down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate},
           {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
     2: put on clothes that make a careless or ill-dressed
        impression [syn: {underdress}] [ant: {dress up}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0