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111dress-down day — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms dress down day : singular dress down day plural dress down days business a day on which employees are allowed to wear informal clothes to work …
112hand-me-down — I noun outgrown garment passed down from one person to another • Hypernyms: ↑garment II adjective passed on from one person to another not too proud to wear hand me down clothes • Syn: ↑hand down …
113To dig down — Dig Dig (d[i^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dug} (d[u^]g) or {Digged} (d[i^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Digging}. Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen (see {Dike}, {Ditch}); cf. Dan. dige to dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to …
114Dress-Down Friday — Als Casual Friday (auch Dress Down Friday oder einfach Casual Day – englisch für lässiger oder zwangloser Freitag) bezeichnet man die in vielen Unternehmen praktizierte Gepflogenheit, an Freitagen legere oder sportliche Kleidung zu tragen. Werden …
115pass down — verb To hand over, pass through or transfer to a lower level, next generation, etc. In poor families, solid cloths are passed down from elder children to kid siblings, who must wear them out or if they outgrow them pass them down to still younger …
116dress down — UK US dress down Phrasal Verb with dress({{}}/dres/ verb ► WORKPLACE to wear more informal clothes to work than you usually do: »Staff have been told that they can dress down on Fridays …
117dress-down Friday — UK US noun [C] (also casual Friday) WORKPLACE ► in some organizations, a day when employees can wear more informal clothes: »In the US, where dress down Fridays have been common for years, bosses noted that productivity rose with the relaxed… …
118hand-me-down — n a piece of clothing which has been used by someone and then given to another person ▪ She refused to wear hand me downs. ▪ hand me down clothes …
119dress down — I. (See a dressing down II. dress in casual clothes, dress informally It s a library party, so dress down. Wear something casual …
120grind someone down — OPPRESS, crush, persecute, tyrannize, ill treat, maltreat. → grind * * * wear someone down with continuous harsh or oppressive treatment mundane everyday things which just grind people down …
