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/dres"ing down"/, n.

a severe reprimand; scolding.

[1860-65, Amer.; n. use (with -ING¹) of v. phrase dress down]

ˌdressing-ˈdown [dressing-down] noun singular (old-fashioned, informal)

an occasion when sb speaks angrily to a person because they have done sth wrong