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dressing-down

[dres-ing-doun]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a severe reprimand; scolding.

dressing-down

noun

informal��a severe scolding or thrashing

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dressing-down¹

1860–65, noun use (with -ing ¹ ) of verb phrase dress down

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"The recent dressing-down of Ukraine President Zelensky by President Trump and Vice-President Vance was a glitch on a media stage."

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That public dressing-down was followed this week by Trump pausing all US military aid and intelligence-sharing with Kyiv.

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The public dressing-down was followed this week by Trump pausing all US military aid and intelligence-sharing with Kyiv.

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In a recent dressing-down of Bezos in the Atlantic, former Post executive editor Martin Baron, once a fan, wrote: “Now we know Bezos is no Katharine Graham.”

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Scolding Zelenskyy and giving him a public dressing-down fits that profile.

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