informal

if you give someone a tongue-lashing, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wrong.

The manager gave his team a tongue-lashing after they'd lost the game.

• keep an ear out for someone
• keep an ear out for something
• keep an ear to the ground
• keep an eye on
• keep an eye on someone
• keep an eye on something
• keep an eye out
• keep an eye out for
• keep an eye out for someone
• keep an eye out for something
• keep an open mind
• keep a straight face
• keep at
• keep at arm's length
• keep at bay
• keep a tight rein on
• keep a tight rein on someone
• keep a tight rein on something
• keep at something
• keep a weather eye on
• keep a weather eye on someone
• be sacrificed on the altar of
• be sacrificed on the altar of something
• be said for
• be said for doing something