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单词 tell sb off
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tell sb off

phrasal verb with tell uk/tel/us/tel/verb told, told

B2 to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong:

The teacher told me off for swearing.

More examples

  • Mum told me off for slopping water all down her shirt.
  • If you make your sister cry, you'll get told off.
  • Their teacher told them off for chattering in the lesson.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Chastising & rebuking

  • admonition
  • barracking
  • bawl
  • be in sb's face idiom
  • beat yourself up
  • bring
  • come down on sb like a ton of bricks idiom
  • crucify
  • dressing-down
  • keelhaul
  • lambaste
  • lay
  • neck
  • rebuke
  • reprimand
  • reproachful
  • there'll be hell to pay idiom
  • throw
  • throw the book at sb idiom
  • upbraid

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