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dressingâdown
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
dressingâdown
(noun)
dressingâdown
/ËdrÉsÉȘĆ
Ë
daÊn/
noun
dressingâdown
/ËdrÉsÉȘĆ
Ë
daÊn/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of DRESSINGâDOWN
[
singular
]
:
the act of speaking angrily to someone about something done wrong
He received a furious
dressing-down
from his boss in front of his colleagues.
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