After the presentation failed, the director decided to dress down the whole team for their lack of preparation.

After the missed deadline, the manager gave him a dressing-down in front of the whole team.

The editor dresses down the writer for missing the deadline, but later offers constructive feedback to improve the article.

During the staff meeting, the supervisor was dressing down the junior engineer for the repeated errors.

She dressed down the intern for arriving late to the client meeting.

After the presentation, the director's dressing down shocked the team and put everyone on edge.

After repeated mistakes, the employees dreaded the manager's dressing downs during the weekly meetings.

After the investigation, the board issued several public dressings-down to the executives.

After the project's failure, the team expected several stern dressing-downs from management, but morale improved when leaders instead offered support.

On dress-down Friday, the team swapped suits for jeans and sneakers.