Meaning of hairdryer treatment | Babel Free

Definitions

a confrontation where someone stands very close to a subordinate and lambasts them very loudly.

Examples

“Of course, sometimes the hairdryer treatment can be taken with a pinch of salt.”

“He insists Wilkinson's hairdryer treatment did the trick. He...points out, 'When I got back in, I stayed in.'.”

“2013, John Prescott, Ed Miliband is Labour's Alex Ferguson and he needs to give any slacking ministers the hairdryer treatment, in Mirror online, 20 Aug 2013, If Shadow Cabinet members aren’t pulling their weight, give them the hairdryer treatment and kick ’em out.”

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