tongue-lashing
noun/ˈtʌŋ læʃɪŋ/
/ˈtʌŋ læʃɪŋ/
(informal)- an occasion when somebody speaks in an angry or critical way to somebody who has done something wrong
- The banks got a tongue-lashing at the committee hearing.
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