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teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father''s idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications" deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger''s car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" |
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