TELL OFF


Meaning of TELL OFF in English

If you tell someone off, you speak to them angrily or seriously because they have done something wrong.

He never listened to us when we told him off...

I’m always being told off for being so awkward...

Dutch police told off two of the gang, aged 10 and 11.

PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V n P for n/-ing, V P n (not pron)

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