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telling-off

 noun
     
telling-off plural tellings-off [countable usually singular] British English
the act of telling someone that they have done something wrong:
I've already had one telling-off from Dad this week.

➔ tell off

at tell
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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