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dressing-down
[ dres-ing-doun ]
noun
- a severe reprimand; scolding.
dressing-down
noun
- informal.a severe scolding or thrashing
Word History and Origins
Origin of dressing-down1
Example Sentences
“He says, ‘You’re not welcome here,’” Ms. Pollini said, crying as she recalled the intensity of his dressing-down.
"Her very visible irritation and dressing-down of the Special Counsel’s team last week was remarkable, to say the least."
When he criticized NBA teams last month for calling themselves “world champions” when they don’t play teams from outside North America, it drew a pointed reaction from NBA stars, Drake and a verbal dressing-down from ESPN’s most visible commentator, Stephen A. Smith.
That has not stopped President Putin giving him a televised dressing-down when he fluffed his lines on being asked for his assessment of the situation before the war.
The televised dressing-down echoed an even more dramatic event three days before the war broke out, when Mr Putin ordered his top security figures to say whether Russia should recognise two occupied areas of eastern Ukraine as independent.
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