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Dressing down   /drˈɛsɪŋ daʊn/   Listen
Dressing down

noun
1.
A severe scolding.  Synonyms: bawling out, castigation, chewing out, earful, going-over, upbraiding.





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"Dressing down" Quotes from Famous Books



... in Honolulu, marred only by one or two drunken rows among the chaps forward, which, however, resulted in their getting a severe dressing down in the forecastle, where good order was now kept. There had been no need for interference on the part of the officers, which I was glad to see, remembering what would have happened under such circumstances ...
— The Cruise of the Cachalot - Round the World After Sperm Whales • Frank T. Bullen
... knew w'ere my farver was," said Dickie, remembering what he had been told to say; "so I went along of 'im, an' then in the wood 'e said 'e'd give me a dressing down if I didn't get through the winder and open the door; 'e said 'e'd left some tools 'ere and you wouldn't let 'im ...
— Harding's luck • E. [Edith] Nesbit


Words linked to "Dressing down" :   reprehension, reprimand, reproval, rebuke, reproof


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