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- noun A
harsh reprimand .
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Examples
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But with ITA in effect, every conflict down to the tiniest sandbox slap-down can be quickly uploaded to a national audience and generate thousands of reader and/or viewer responses.
Jeffrey Shaffer: Guarding My Minutes Jeffrey Shaffer 2011
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Back at the office, I'm poring over a map, trying to figure out where the slap-down may have occurred.
'Can You Tell Me a Little About Your Ex-Husband?' Michael Rejebian 2012
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That kind of upliftment I would think is nothing more than a serious slap-down and an insult to the writer's ability.
Race and Writing Lauri 2010
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That kind of upliftment I would think is nothing more than a serious slap-down and an insult to the writer's ability.
Archive 2010-04-01 Lauri 2010
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Another pleading look/slap-down exchange between the cop and the judge.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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Another pleading look/slap-down exchange between the cop and the judge.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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Another pleading look/slap-down exchange between the cop and the judge.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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Another pleading look/slap-down exchange between the cop and the judge.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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She reserves the slap-down for Democrats and Democratic causes that fail to bear her name as 'Sponsor'.
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Four words, four little words, is all it has taken to slap-down Bowen.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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