TICKING OFF


Meaning of TICKING OFF in English

( tickings off)

If you give someone a ticking off , you speak angrily to them because they have done something wrong. ( BRIT INFORMAL )

They got a ticking off from the police.

= telling-off

N-COUNT : usu sing

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