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Verb: tell off  tel óf
  1. Reprimand
    - brush down, tick off [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: telling off, told off, tells off

See also: tell

Type of: bawl out [informal], berate, call down [informal], call on the carpet [US, informal], chew out [N. Amer, informal], chew up [N. Amer, informal], chide, dress down [informal], have words, jaw [informal], lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag [informal], ream [N. Amer, informal], rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce, wig [Brit, informal]