TICKING OFF


Meaning of TICKING OFF in English

(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

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