[General] give somebody a good dressing down

[vil]

Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentence?

He was very rude and so I gave him a good dressing down.

give somebody dressing down = tell off, rate, thrash, give someone a good beating, clobber, paddle(??)

Thank you for your efforts.

Regards,

V.

 

[Rover_KE]

Give somebody a dressing down means '...tell off, berate, reprimand...'

Definitely not 'thrash, give someone a good beating, clobber, paddle'.

Rover