(~s)
If someone talks or behaves in a rather impolite and disrespectful way, you can call this behaviour ~ or an ~.
He was punished for his ~.
= impudence, cheek
N-VAR
(~s)
If someone talks or behaves in a rather impolite and disrespectful way, you can call this behaviour ~ or an ~.
He was punished for his ~.
= impudence, cheek
N-VAR
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012