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[edit] English
tell off
- (idiomatic) To speak to someone rudely, disrespectfully or angrily; to berate; to unleash one's fury verbally towards someone.
- You should have heard her in there, telling off the guy whose fault it was!
- (British, idiomatic) To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish.
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[edit] Translations
to speak to somebody rudely, disrespectfully or angrily
to rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish
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