Crossword clues for talking-to
talking-to
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
talking-to
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ What Sarah needs is a good talking-to.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ With increasing frequency, it seems, the good talking-to becomes a permanent black spot on a school record.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
talking-to
"a reprimand," 1871, from euphemistic use of verbal phrase talk to (see talk (v.)).
Wiktionary
talking-to
n. A rebuke or reprimand
Usage examples of "talking-to".
Yesterday he gave me a great talking-to all about it and this morning in the post I got a whole lot of tins of treacle and wheat germ and heaven knows what all.