"telling-to" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From telling (“past participle of tell”) + to.",
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      "form": "tellings-to",
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      "form": "telling to",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2011 December 30, James III Brokaw, Waiting for War, Hedgie Press, →ISBN, page 97:",
          "text": "We all watched the reaction, as Sergeant Rich received a good telling to.",
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          "ref": "2016 July 8, Judith Woods, “'Red boxes are very much banned from the bedroom'”, in The Daily Telegraph, London, retrieved 2019-10-06:",
          "text": "I suspect the Tories are desperate for a good telling to from someone like May who has authority and energy – and great optimism about the future, albeit expressed in more measured tones than her rather more hyperbolic rival.",
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        "A reprimand, reproach, or lecture."
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          "reproach"
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        "(informal) A reprimand, reproach, or lecture."
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          "word": "telling off"
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  "word": "telling-to"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From telling (“past participle of tell”) + to.",
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    {
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      "form": "telling to",
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          "ref": "2016 July 8, Judith Woods, “'Red boxes are very much banned from the bedroom'”, in The Daily Telegraph, London, retrieved 2019-10-06:",
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        "A reprimand, reproach, or lecture."
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        "(informal) A reprimand, reproach, or lecture."
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  "word": "telling-to"
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