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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a lashing" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to a severe punishment or reprimand. For example, "The students received a lashing for arriving late to class."
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A week ago, that would have brought a lashing.
"We took a lashing from the coach.
"The blokes got a bit of a lashing last night for the way we bowled.
They know that failure to listen and learn might lead to a lashing — or a beheading.
On the lunch menu at the Boqueria restaurants in New York, a lashing of romesco seasons a grilled chicken sandwich.
"If you broke an object in a Roman workshop, you probably paid for it with a lashing".
Tony Blair might have thought that as the nation's leader he would escape a lashing from Irvine.
It is resilient, built to take a lashing, but if a storm wipes out the crop he can just start over.
Plus we're brutally honest – the blokes were getting a bit of a lashing last night for the way we bowled [on Monday].
Alcohol is strictly forbidden in Iran, and those caught consuming it can be punished with a lashing according to Iran's Islamic laws.
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That severe internal stress could cause a lashing-out into war in the Strait.
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