(tickings off)
If you give someone a ~, you speak angrily to them because they have done something wrong. (BRIT INFORMAL)
They got a ~ from the police.
= telling-off
N-COUNT: usu sing
(tickings off)
If you give someone a ~, you speak angrily to them because they have done something wrong. (BRIT INFORMAL)
They got a ~ from the police.
= telling-off
N-COUNT: usu sing
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012