size down en · VERB
Meanings
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To wear a smaller size of clothing.
If your shirt is baggy, you can size down .
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(dated, transitive) To consider thoroughly so as to form an opinion of; to size up.
"So I sized you down, and I'm bound to say that you came well out of it."
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sized down | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sized down | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| sizing down | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sizes down | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |