TONGUE-LASHING


Meaning of TONGUE-LASHING in English

also tongue lashing

(~s)

If someone gives you a ~, they shout at you or criticize you in a very forceful way. (INFORMAL)

After a cruel tongue lashing, he threw the girl out of the group.

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