dressing down

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dressing down

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of dress down

noun dressing downs

A sustained rebuke or censure. He received a severe dressing down from the head teacher.
Similar: going over, lecture, sermon, berating, browbeating, chiding, chockling, correption, dirdum, down the banks, dressing down, jawing

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@misc{dressing_down_2026,
  title = {dressing down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dressing%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}