dress down

dress down (http://definr.com/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"; "check" is archaic [syn: rebuke,
           rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw,
           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]