Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) a reprimand, a telling-off.

1887		G. Devol Forty Years a Gambler 64: He just gave them a good old-fashioned turning over.
1895		N.Y. Dramatic News 9 Nov. 2/3: I don’t think I ever heard such a ‘turning-over’ extended to a production [DA].
1902		Ade Forty Modern Fables 45: His Wife would give him a Turning-Over for his Failure to Show Up.