give someone a ticking off

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• ticking off — tickings off N COUNT: usu sing If you give someone a ticking off, you speak angrily to them because they have done something wrong. [BRIT, INFORMAL] They got a ticking off from the police. Syn: telling off …   English dictionary

• ticking off — n give sb a ticking off BrE informal to tell someone angrily that you are annoyed with them or disapprove of something they have done = ↑tick off …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ticking off — noun give sb a ticking off BrE informal to tell someone that you disapprove of something they have done see also: tick off tick 2 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• tick — tick1 [tık] n [Sense: 1,3 5; Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Origin unknown.] [Sense: 2; Origin: Old English ticia] 1.) BrE a mark written next to an answer, something on a list etc, to show that it is correct or has been dealt with American Equivalent …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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