give someone a speaking to (English, verb)
expansion: give someone a speaking to (third-person singular simple present gives someone a speaking to, present participle giving someone a speaking to, simple past and past participle gave someone a speaking to)
Senses:
glosses: To scold a person.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: gives someone a speaking to
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: giving someone a speaking to
tags: participle
present
form: gave someone a speaking to
tags: participle
past
form: gave someone a speaking to
tags: past