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1. • • dressing-down noun [ S ] old-fashioned uk / ˌdres.ɪŋˈdaʊn / us / ˌdres.ɪŋˈdaʊn / Add to word list an act of speaking angrily to someone because they have done something wrong:
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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 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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   What does it mean to dress down someone?

   • To scold or reprimand someone is the first meaning of 'dress down'. For example, 'The teacher dressed down the students for arriving to class late'. The second meaning is 'To wear informal clothes, befitting an occasion or location'. For instance, 'I dressed down for the casual party'.

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   Did a woman get a dressing-down from her boss?

   • get a dressing-down She got a serious dressing-down from her boss for daring to ask the question. The dressing-down could be heard on the other side of the building. Some said the criticism from the audience was the worst dressing-down of an elected official they had ever witnessed. Offer resigned five days later after a public dressing-down.

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   an act of speaking angrily to someone because they have done something wrong: give someone a dressing-down She gave me a dressing-down for being late. get a dressing-down She got a serious dressing-down from her boss for daring to ask the question. The dressing-down could be heard on the other side of the building. Fewer examples.

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

   • Znaczenie Dressing-Down, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     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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   Oct 24, 2016 · The meaning of DRESSING-DOWN is a severe reprimand. How to use dressing-down in a sentence.

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   Definition of dressing-down noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What does the noun dressing-down mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun dressing-down . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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