If someone gives you a ~, they speak angrily to you because you have done something bad or foolish. (INFORMAL)
= telling off
N-SING
If someone gives you a ~, they speak angrily to you because you have done something bad or foolish. (INFORMAL)
= telling off
N-SING
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012