Tell off Moderate

Tell off has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Verb

reprimand

"She told the misbehaving student off"

tell off brush down

To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish, often in a harsh, angry, direct way.

See Also

harsh reprimand rebuke telling off told off direct admonish count

Related Terms

harsh reprimand rebuke telling off told off direct admonish count allocate have go rouse rag give someone what for enumerate tells off

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

call on the carpet

Rhyming Words

off boff hoff doff coff loff moff koff toff goff geoff scoff swoff groff cloff droff gnoff feoff snoff nroff

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