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Meanings of dressing down in English

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A severe scolding.

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Usage of dressing down in English
1
Far forward sounded the cries of men dressing down the head sheets.
Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"
2
After a dressing down from Brown, Mukarji said two things to me.
The Guardian
3
Some day I'll give you a good dressing down for your impudence.
Young Captain Jack; Or, The Son of a Soldier
4
Stuff a' nonsense all this set out, dressing up and dressing down.
Deadham Hard: A Romance
5
I suspect he received a severe dressing down from the politicians.
Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
6
Mallory's cheeks still burned from the dressing down they'd given her.
Cold springs
7
He's wearing a Fillmore East T-shirt, which is the ultimate in dressing down.
The Guardian
8
Muttered assent crept out in the wake of the dressing down.
Woken furies
9
Schumer went on to give him a dressing down on camera.
The Guardian
10
She hadn't deserved the dressing down he had given her.
Damaged
11
And the Belarusian ambassador was summoned for a dressing down.
Reuters
12
Oh, it was a cruel dressing down they gave me!
The Blood Ship
13
Even customers and people from other departments can hear the dressing down you've been given.
The Irish Times
14
I was given a dressing down because I jumped the gun and brought him in.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
15
Away forward, by the foc'sle door, Mister Lynch was engaged in dressing down the Cockney.
The Blood Ship
16
Ryder had a visceral reaction to both wagging tongues and dressing down subordinates in public.
Worlds of Honor
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