read a lecture

Idioms  

1. Also, read a lesson. Issue a reprimand, as in Dad read us a lecture after the teacher phoned and complained. The first term dates from the late 1500s, the variant from the early 1600s. Also see read the riot act; teach a lesson.

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read a lecture

At a meeting of the National Swine Industry Committee in Chicago, he read a lecture to the processors and distributors of meat products.

From Time Magazine Archive

He'll read a lecture on an aspect of the woman question he's never thought about.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Each day she read a lecture on the practical duties of Christianity, and induced all to recite aloud the morning and night prayers.

From Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois by Anonymous

I was to have read a lecture here last night, but the train walked all the way through the ice, sixty miles, from six in the morning, and arrived here at ten at night.

From Authors and Friends by Annie Fields

Mr. Garrabrant seized upon the occasion to read a lecture to the scouts, telling them to live up to their motto, "Be prepared," and always keep an eye out when in the woods.

From Camp Fires of the Wolf Patrol by Alan Douglas