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English noun: talking to

1. talking to (communication) a lengthy rebuke


SamplesA good lecture was my father's idea of discipline.
The teacher gave him a talking to.


Synonymslecture, speech


Broader (hypernym)rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval


Narrower (hyponym)curtain lecture, preaching, sermon









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