Dressing down definitions

Dressing down

1) English-language idiom 2) Tongue-lashing
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Dressing down

Treating old sails with oil or wax to renew them, or a verbal reprimand.
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dressing-down

a severe reprimand; scolding.
Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/dressing-down

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