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TELL OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tell off mean?
• TELL OFF (verb)
The verb TELL OFF has 1 sense:
1. reprimand
Familiarity information: TELL OFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reprimand
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
brush down; tell off
Context example:
She told the misbehaving student off
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
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