DRESSING-DOWN


Meaning of DRESSING-DOWN in English

ˌdressing-ˈdown BrE AmE noun [singular]

an occasion when you talk angrily to someone because they have done something wrong

give somebody/get a dressing-down

The tobacco companies got a severe dressing-down.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.