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TELL OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reprimand
Example:
She told the misbehaving student off
Synonyms:
brush down; tell off
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "tell off" is one way to...):
bawl out; berate; call down; call on the carpet; chew out; chew up; chide; dress down; have words; jaw; lambast; lambaste; lecture; rag; rebuke; remonstrate; reprimand; scold; take to task; trounce (censure severely or angrily)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
