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   dressing-down

   /ˌdrɛsɪŋˈdaʊn/

   noun

   • 1. a severe reprimand: informal "the secretary received a public dressing-down"

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   What does dressing down mean?

   • The few days towards the end of the season at the Old Virgin are a race between the ships at catching and dressing down. Perhaps you gave her such a dressing-down, Billie, that shes turned over a new leaf. Dressing-down definition: a severe reprimand; scolding.. See examples of DRESSING-DOWN used in a sentence.

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   What does it mean if you dress down?

   • If you dress down, you wear clothes that are less smart than usual. She dresses down in baggy clothes to avoid hordes of admirers. [VERB PARTICLE] If you dress someone down, you speak angrily to them because they have done something bad or foolish. Campbell dressed them down in public. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 3. See also dressing-down

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   What is dressing-down noun?

   • Definition of dressing-down noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary an occasion when somebody speaks angrily to a person because they have done something wrong Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press! Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.

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   What is a synonym for dressing down?

   • Synonyms for dressing down: basting, bawling out, berating, calling down, castigating, chastising, chewing out, flaying.

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   DRESSING-DOWN definition: 1. an act of speaking angrily to someone because they have done something wrong: 2. an act of…. Learn more.

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     DRESSING-DOWN meaning: 1. an act of speaking angrily to...

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     dressing-down definicja: 1. an act of speaking angrily to...

   • Dressing Room

     DRESSING ROOM definition: 1. a room, especially in a...

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     DRESSING-DOWN translate: 斥責，訓斥. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     DRESSING-DOWN translate: 斥责，训斥. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Dressing Table

     DRESSING TABLE definition: 1. a piece of bedroom furniture...

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     to make an item of clothing less formal, or to wear an item...

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   to make an item of clothing less formal, or to wear an item of clothing in a way that makes it less formal: An open-neck shirt can dress down a suit. This dress is easy to wear and very feminine. You can dress it down with a cardigan for the day and dress it up with jewellery for the evening. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

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   If someone gives you a dressing-down, they speak angrily to you because you have done something bad or foolish.

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   If you dress someone down, you speak angrily to them because they have done something bad or foolish. Campbell dressed them down in public. [ VERB noun PARTICLE ]

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   Dressing-down definition: a severe reprimand; scolding.. See examples of DRESSING-DOWN used in a sentence.