Reprove young child wearing a skate loosely close to rink (4,2,4)
I believe the answer is:
take to task
'reprove' is the definition.
('take to task' can be a synonym of 'reprove')
'young child wearing a skate loosely close to rink' is the wordplay.
'young child' becomes 'tot' (I've seen this before).
'wearing' is an insertion indicator.
'loosely' indicates an anagram.
'close to' suggests the final letters (the close/ending of).
The final letter of 'rink' is 'k'.
'a'+'skate'='askate'
'askate' anagrammed gives 'takeas'.
'tot' going inside 'takeas' is 'taketotas'.
'taketotas'+'k'='TAKE TO TASK'
(Other definitions for take to task that I've seen before include "rebuke" , "give worker a lift in" , "form a liking for the job" , "transport for mission" , "Lecture" .)