"dress down sb" in German to dress down sb. jdn. zurechtweisen zusammenstauchen herunterputzen Detailed translations for "dress down sb" to dress down sb. to dress down sb.(also: to snub sb., to carpet sb., to tear a strip off so.) jdn. zurechtweisen to dress down sb.(also: to carpet sb.) zusammenstauchen to dress down sb.(also: to carpet sb.) herunterputzen{transitive verb}