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Discover Ludwig"dressed down" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a person wearing casual clothes, in contrast to when they would normally or traditionally wear something more formal. For example, "John showed up to the party dressed down in a T-shirt and jeans."
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dressed down
verb
Past of dress down
Exact(52)
Sawyer has dressed down, and Couric has dressed up.
They are everywhere, artfully dressed down in high-peasant style.
Mr. Friedman had dressed down, I realized, for me.
They were not dressed down in throwaway sundresses.
Not every footballer would accept being dressed down so harshly.
He's dressed down, unshaven, almost monochromatic in a grey top.
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Pyle navigates the glitz and glam of the dressed-up galas and the dressed-down afterparties.
Even in this dressed-down, no rules, sweatpants nation fashion moment, Kors can play along.
Emily notes, "Ben looks so good in his dressed-down, Sonoma-fied self".
Dressed-down Fridays are so last season.
It really makes a dressed-down look".
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