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rap over the knuckles

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rap sb over the knuckles
to speak officially to someone, in a severe or angry way, because you disapprove of their actions:

He was rapped over the knuckles by the management.

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Idioms

a rap over the knuckles
a punishment which is not very severe but which warns you not to behave that way again.

The company received a rap over the knuckles from the Food and Drug Administration.

Her remarks earned her a sharp rap across the knuckles from the Prime Minister.

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