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View definitions for talking to

talking to

noun as in tongue-lashing

noun as in scolding

noun as in admonishment

noun as in admonition

verb as in interview

noun as in admonishment

noun as in admonition

noun as in scolding

noun as in tongue-lashing

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Example Sentences

If someone is making lots of errors they will get a talking-to.

We're talking-to ourselves—or rather, to a fringe constituency within ourselves.

I listened to you and those men talking to-night until I couldnt stand it a moment longer.

The policeman on the corner came out, and taking Ferdinand William Otto by the shoulder, gave him a talking-to and a shaking.

"I have been talking to-day with a manager," said he, also dropping his eyes.

We are as much given to talking to-day as we were to silence last evening.

For it had been about the "Novum" that Stan had given Strong that talking-to.

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On this page you'll find 90 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to talking-to, such as: admonition, chiding, reprimand, reproach, reproof, and scolding.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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