Usually means: Scolding or reprimand; verbal correction.
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  1. dressing-down: Merriam-Webster
  2. dressing-down: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dressing-down: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dressing-down, dressing-down: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dressing-down: Wordnik
  6. dressing-down: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. dressing-down: Wiktionary
  8. dressing-down: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. dressing-down: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. dressing-down: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. dressing-down: Dictionary.com
  12. dressing-down: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. dressing-down: Idioms

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▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A reprimand or rarely, a thrashing.

Similar:
whipping, roasting, lambasting, shoeing, slapdown, dusting, jacketing, punishment, belting, warming, more...

Opposite:
praise, compliment, commendation

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Similar:
whipping, roasting, lambasting, shoeing, slapdown, dusting, jacketing, punishment, belting, warming, more...

Opposite:
praise, compliment, commendation



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