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tongue-lash

[tuhng-lash]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to scold severely.

Origin:
1880–85


tongue-lashing, noun
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tongue-lash·ing   (tŭng'lāsh'ĭng)
n.   Informal
A scolding.
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