"telling off" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "tell off"
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        "present participle and gerund of tell off"
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  "word": "telling off"
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "tellings off",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He's going to get quite a telling off if his dad ever finds out about it."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A reprimand, reproach, or lecture."
      ],
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          "reproach"
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          "lecture",
          "lecture"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A reprimand, reproach, or lecture."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a reprimand",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "utskällning"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "telling off"
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  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "present participle and gerund of tell off"
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  "synonyms": [
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      "word": "telling-off"
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  "word": "telling off"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He's going to get quite a telling off if his dad ever finds out about it."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A reprimand, reproach, or lecture."
      ],
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        ],
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          "reproach",
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        "(informal) A reprimand, reproach, or lecture."
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
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    {
      "word": "telling-off"
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  "translations": [
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "a reprimand",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "utskällning"
    }
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  "word": "telling off"
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