talking-to
a scolding.
Origin of talking-to
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How to use talking-to in a sentence
If someone is making lots of errors they will get a talking-to.
Former NSA Director Michael Hayden Responds to Edward Snowden Claim | Eli Lake | June 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe're talking-to ourselves—or rather, to a fringe constituency within ourselves.
I listened to you and those men talking to-night until I couldnt stand it a moment longer.
The Wayfarers | Mary Stewart CuttingThe policeman on the corner came out, and taking Ferdinand William Otto by the shoulder, gave him a talking-to and a shaking.
Long Live the King | Mary Roberts Rinehart"I have been talking to-day with a manager," said he, also dropping his eyes.
A Russian Proprietor | Lyof N. Tolstoi
We are as much given to talking to-day as we were to silence last evening.
Hania | Henryk SienkiewiczFor it had been about the "Novum" that Stan had given Strong that talking-to.
A Crooked Mile | Oliver Onions
British Dictionary definitions for talking-to
informal a session of criticism, as of the work or attitude of a subordinate by a person in authority
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