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tongue-lashing

[tongue-lashing] {n.} A sharp scolding or criticism. * /Jim's mother gave him a tongue-lashing for telling family secrets./ Syn.: [PIECE OF ONE'S MIND]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

lash

[lash] {v.} {n.} 1. Urinate. 2. Alcohol. British slang (Wikipedia)

lash out

[lash out] {v.} 1. To kick. * /The horse lashed out at the man behind him./ 2. To try suddenly to hit. * /The woman lashed out at the crowd […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

lashed

[lashed] {adj.} very inebriated. Also 'on the lash' meaning to go out drinking with the intent of getting drunk. British slang (Wikipedia)

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