A Canadian slang phrase meaning to scold, criticise, or give someone a hard time — typically in a teasing, ribbing fashion rather than a genuinely angry confrontation. The phrase is characteristic of Canadian colloquial speech and implies the kind of good-natured needling that is also used between friends.
His teammates gave him the gears all week about dropping the pass in the fourth quarter.
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(Canada, slang) To scold or criticize someone.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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