dressing-down

a harsh scolding. The boss gave the entire sales crew a powerful dressing-down for missing their forecast.

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Tim got a severe dressing-down on Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, with the top chef branding the 21year-old's scallops 'f *** minging' and his omelette 's *** '.

Recipe for Big Bro hit

But Roth promises more than a tough-love dressing-down.

Style Court's Judge Henry Roth: hear ye, hear ye: designer Henry Roth is handing down fashionable verdicts on the Style Network

This dressing-down of Christianity is to make the military more "inclusive.

National defence bans Christian prayers. (Canada)

Kitaj or to give Willem de Kooning a dressing-down in his London Independent column.

Howard Hodgkin

Inman, a Republican, all but gave Clinton a dressing-down, saying he needed to have "a comfort level" with the President (not vice-versa) before he would deign to take the top Pentagon post.

About face

LEE ROCHE reckons a midweek dressing-down from boss Brian Carey has reignited Wrexham's survival hopes.

Football: MIGHTY MACCA WRECKS 'EM; Barnet 1 Wrexham 2

The money raised by raffles and dressing-down days organised by staff at Swalec's Cardiff Gate headquarters will help Casey's family pay for the cost of travelling to London with her for treatment and consultations.

Powerful backing

Just over half of those in the professional sector (53%), for example, reckon dressing-down has boosted productivity.

Scotland Means Business: Bosses get a dressing down; Firms headed by women are more likely to adopt a dressing-down policy

Over half of those in the professional sector (53 per cent), for example, reckon dressing-down has boosted productivity.

Owners say staff dress down for growing success

But it was not enough to prevent Pilgrims boss Paul Sturrock from giving his boys a dressing-down.

Football: Plymouth 2 Luton Town 1

Burnley boss Adrian Heath gave his men a severe dressing-down after humiliation at The Valley.