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单词 tell off
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tell off

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verb (tr, adverb)

informal to reprimand; scoldthey told me off for stealing apples
to count and dismisshe told off four more soldiers

Derived forms of tell off

telling off or telling-off, noun

Words nearby tell off

tellin, telling, tell it like it is, tell it to the Marines, tell me, tell off, Telloh, tell on, tell someone where to get off, telltale, tell tales
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with tell off

tell off

Rebuke severely, reprimand, as in It's time someone told her off about her behavior. There is also a synonymous expression, tell someone where to get off, as in When he called back a third time, I told him where to get off. [Colloquial; early 1900s] Also see get off, def. 7.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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