give someone an earful
English
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Verb
[edit]give someone an earful (third-person singular simple present gives someone an earful, present participle giving someone an earful, simple past gave someone an earful, past participle given someone an earful)
- (informal, idiomatic) To scold someone loudly.
- I should never have tried to grind the computer system to a halt. Firstly I got sacked, and then my boss gave me a right earful.
Translations
[edit]to scold someone loudly
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