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.
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. 2012