"dress-code" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dress-codes [present, singular, third-person], dress-coding [participle, present], dress-coded [participle, past], dress-coded [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} dress-code (third-person singular simple present dress-codes, present participle dress-coding, simple past and past participle dress-coded)
  1. (transitive) To invoke or impose a dress code upon (someone); to take disciplinary action on (someone) for violating a dress code. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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