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• n  rebuking a person harshly

• Reportedly, after receiving a tongue-lashing from Di, he retorted, "You can't treat people like this," and walked out.
• misunderstood Congolese student receives inappropriate tongue-lashing from Cyrus, Miley Disney Channel declines to comment on slutty Teen Choice Awards performance by.
• French General Jean-Rene Bachelet, leader of French peacekeeping force in Sarajevo is called back to Paris for a tongue-lashing after Bachelet criticizes the terms of the Dayton .

• chiding
• scolding
• objurgation

News & Articles

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• Darrell Issa Listicles Himself
  Rep. Darrell Issa may seem like he's in total control when he's dragging administration officials up to the Hill for a televised tongue-lashing, but his Twitter feed suggests he's no stranger to insecurity.
  June 19, 2013 - CQ Politics

Quotes

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• Tom Lantos in The Age
  It took a tongue-lashing from Congress before these high-tech titans did the right thing and coughed up some concrete assistance for the family of a journalist whom Yahoo had helped send to jail,Lantos said in a statement. "Today's...
• LaDainian Tomlinson in USA Today
  Schottenheimer "gave us a mouthful, a tongue-lashing," Tomlinson said. "We deserved it, though. I'd be lying if I told you we weren't getting frustrated because we were. But we kept our poise when we needed to."