Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A severe scolding.
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- noun idiomatic A
reprimand or rarely, athrashing .
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Examples
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Following his own apology and dressing-down by Liverpool last Sunday, Suárez has trained as normal this week and is expected to feature in Sunday's FA Cup fifth-round tie against Brighton & Hove Albion at Anfield.
Paris St-Germain inquire about availability of Liverpool's Luis Suárez 2012
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The two men, longtime political rivals within the ruling Socialist party, had just landed in Athens after visiting the G-20 summit in Cannes, where Mr. Papandreou got a dressing-down from European leaders.
Greece Blinks on Euro Threat Marcus Walker 2011
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How can Lindsay not see how she has destroyed a once A-list film career and with every DUI, theft conviction, trip to rehab, jail term, dressing-down by a judge AND nights out of partying, she is hammering more nails into the coffin of her former career.
Bonnie Fuller: Don't Blame Lindsay Lohan For Her Obnoxious, Entitled Behavior, Blame Her Parents! Bonnie Fuller 2011
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The PM apparently hauled the dissenters – Chief of Defence Staff General Sir David Richards and one Air Chief Marshal Sir Simon Bryant – into No 10 for a severe dressing-down.@ebertchicagoHe may be the first film critic to win a Pulitzer, but when it comes to tact, Chicago Sun-Times writer Roger Ebert is rather lacking.
Our pick of the week: The story, the stat, the quote, the tweet 2011
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How can Lindsay not see how she has destroyed a once A-list film career and with every DUI, theft conviction, trip to rehab, jail term, dressing-down by a judge AND nights out of partying, she is hammering more nails into the coffin of her former career.
Bonnie Fuller: Don't Blame Lindsay Lohan For Her Obnoxious, Entitled Behavior, Blame Her Parents! Bonnie Fuller 2011
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How can Lindsay not see how she has destroyed a once A-list film career and with every DUI, theft conviction, trip to rehab, jail term, dressing-down by a judge AND nights out of partying, she is hammering more nails into the coffin of her former career.
Bonnie Fuller: Don't Blame Lindsay Lohan For Her Obnoxious, Entitled Behavior, Blame Her Parents! Bonnie Fuller 2011
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If he was frowning and tight-lipped, they knew something had displeased him and that somebody was in for a nasty dressing-down.
I’ll Walk Alone Mary Higgins Clark 2011
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After the third ad break, the undercover boss gives that middle manager the dressing-down he or she so richly deserves, cash is dispensed in the direction of some of the workers right before the final commercial break -- and They All Live Happily Ever After.
Zombies at the Lincoln Memorial!? Where are the brains? Lisa de Moraes 2010
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How can Lindsay not see how she has destroyed a once A-list film career and with every DUI, theft conviction, trip to rehab, jail term, dressing-down by a judge AND nights out of partying, she is hammering more nails into the coffin of her former career.
Bonnie Fuller: Don't Blame Lindsay Lohan For Her Obnoxious, Entitled Behavior, Blame Her Parents! Bonnie Fuller 2011
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How can Lindsay not see how she has destroyed a once A-list film career and with every DUI, theft conviction, trip to rehab, jail term, dressing-down by a judge AND nights out of partying, she is hammering more nails into the coffin of her former career.
Bonnie Fuller: Don't Blame Lindsay Lohan For Her Obnoxious, Entitled Behavior, Blame Her Parents! Bonnie Fuller 2011
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