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Addressing a dressing down (7,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

talking to

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(Other definitions for talking to that I've seen before include "Reproof" , "carpeting" , "sharp rebuke" , "What lecture might be" , "Earful" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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