dressing-down

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dressing-down

noun dressing-downs · dressings-down · dressing down

idiomatic A reprimand or rarely, a thrashing. "I'll give him a dressing down, see if I don't." Mrs. Mudge's eyes snapped viciously, and she clutched the relics of the broom with a degree of energy which rendered it uncertain what sort of a dressing down she intended for her husband.
Similar: handbagging, stricture, hiding, going over, animadversion, criticism, criticization, critique, dressing-down, slam, ass beating, ass kicking

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