A fork of Rural Dictionary
1. A scolding or telling-off. 2. A situation characterized by unnecessarily informal or lackluster clothing. 3. The act of dating someone noticeably less attractive and/or successful than you.
Mrs. Smith gave me a dressing down for being late to the exam. A tank top at a funeral? Talk about dressing down. She can do way better than him. I don't know why she's always dressing down.