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talking-to

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
talking-to

▶noun informal a sharp reprimand.

'talking-to' also found in these Oxford entries:

Forum discussions with the word(s) "talking-to" in the title:

Are you talking to I?
articles when talking to oneself
be like talking to a brick wall or be like to talk to a dead
depends who you are talking to
He is shy talking to/He is shy to talk
I miss not talking to you
i was talking to he/him
I'm talking to a zero.
If I am talking to somebody .....
Is " he got to talking to owner" standard Englsih?
It is a waste of time [talking / to talk] to him.
It was (a) nice talking to you
Left hand is talking to the right hand
Past Perfect Question: I'd blown his trust this evening when I'd admitted talking to Quinn.
Pleasure talking to you
practising talking / to talk
re:talking to or talking with
Stop talking to someone
talking to
Talking to a brick wall
talking to him in his office
Talking to one another
talking to scorning men
talking to someone's ears
There is no use talking to him
Tyler is walking across campus talking to himself.
When talking to him, be subtle.
Who am I talking to?
Who are you talking to?
Who are you talking to/with on the phone?
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