"give someone a speaking to" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: gives someone a speaking to [present, singular, third-person], giving someone a speaking to [participle, present], gave someone a speaking to [participle, past], gave someone a speaking to [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave> someone a speaking to}} give someone a speaking to (third-person singular simple present gives someone a speaking to, present participle giving someone a speaking to, simple past and past participle gave someone a speaking to)
  1. (idiomatic) To scold a person. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: berate, chastise, scold, criticize
    Sense id: en-give_someone_a_speaking_to-en-verb-okPSU3LT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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