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telling-off noun

• a reprimand.
• "your dad gave me such a telling-off"
Similar: reprimand, rebuke, reproof, admonishment, admonition, reproach, reproval, scolding, remonstration, upbraiding, castigation, lambasting, lecture, criticism, censure, rap, rap over the knuckles, slap on the wrist, flea in one's ear, talking-to, dressing-down, earful, roasting, tongue-lashing, bawling-out, caning, blast, blowing up, ticking off, carpeting, wigging, rollicking, rocket, row, serve, rating, bollocking,


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