Talk:tell off

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Cleanup debate

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Are the 2 senses given here sufficiently distinct? The example sentence for defn1 would work just fine for defn2 as well. -- WikiPedant 13:50, 13 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

I think they are the same. I would guess that the contrib. intended to put the UK idiomatic noun telling off for nº2 - Algrif 16:02, 22 November 2007 (UTC)Reply
Here is the demonstration that it is not restricted to the Commonwealth realm, but should be current in North America too with regard to the origin of the dictionary, should not it? Please, remove the UK tag. Bogorm 22:09, 5 November 2008 (UTC)Reply