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Definition of dressing-down noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dressing-down

noun

/ˌdresɪŋ ˈdaʊn/

/ˌdresɪŋ ˈdaʊn/

[singular] (old-fashioned, informal)

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an occasion when somebody speaks angrily to a person because they have done something wrong

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