Related Words for dressing-down

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slap on the wrist
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Phrase, Verb, Noun
seeing to
/x/
Phrase, Noun
tough love
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
fall
/
Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
back of one's hand
////
Phrase, Noun
what for
//
Phrase, Adverb, Noun
works
/
Noun
climb down
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
toss
/
Noun
boot
/
Noun
drop
/
Noun
cut of one's jib
////
Phrase, Noun
sack
/
Noun
hatchet job
/x/
Phrase, Noun
chop
/
Noun
whack
/
Noun
blot on the escutcheon
//xx/x
Phrase, Noun
parting shot
/x/
Phrase, Noun
proverbial
x/xx
Adjective
douse
/
Verb
black tie
//
Name, Name
rain check
//
Phrase, Noun
crash
/
Noun
save
/
Verb
sucker punch
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
torture
/x
Noun
hang
/
Verb
pink slip
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
dose
/
Noun
short shrift
//
Phrase, Noun
running
/x
Verb
burn
/
Noun
fair shake
//
Phrase, Noun
night out
//
Phrase, Noun
shakedown
/x
Noun
cough
/
Noun
egg on one's face
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Phrase, Noun
knock
/
Noun
spit and polish
///x
Phrase, Noun
pinch
/
Noun
flat out
//
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
stick
/
Noun
raw deal
//
Phrase, Noun
send out
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
shave
/
Verb
no big whoop
///
Phrase, Noun
mix up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
hook
/
Noun
stretch
/
Noun
rearguard action
///x
Phrase, Noun
kiss of death
///
Phrase, Noun
thing
/
Noun
hell to pay
///
Phrase, Noun
practical joke
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
drop in the bucket
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
clinch
/
Noun
blame game
//
Phrase, Noun
pulling the plug
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
fire drill
/x/
Phrase, Noun
scalp
/
Noun
bloodbath
/x
Noun
birthday suit
/x/
Phrase, Noun
read
/
Verb
fish out of water
////x
Phrase, Noun
shell shock
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
slide
/
Noun
sell
/
Verb
fronting
/x
Verb
pass
/
Noun
send
/
Verb
dance
/
Noun
field day
//
Phrase, Noun
guilt trip
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
joke
/
Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
pidgin
/x
Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
southend
/x
Name
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective