give someone a roasting

idiom

British
: to criticize someone harshly : to yell at or criticize someone in an angry and severe way
My father gave me a roasting for coming home late.

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“Give someone a roasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/give%20someone%20a%20roasting. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023.

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