get dressed down
get dressed down
To be scolded, rebuked, or reprimanded. I got dressed down in front of the entire office for losing our biggest client. The company is getting dressed down by federal regulators for its involvement in the scandal. Yeah, we got dressed down for causing such a ruckus while the teacher was out of the classroom.
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