to criticize someone angrily for doing something wrong
5 Tell off your boss, or a parent, or a spouse: someone you've wanted to tell off for some time but never dared do so.
I’m going to get told off for being late.
The teacher told me off for talking again today.
`I thought you wanted me to tell off the mayor of Winnerrow, first chance I got, "I said.
tells off
telling off
told off
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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