tell off
Verb
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Verb
tell off
- (transitive) To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish, often in a harsh, angry, direct way.
- Joel's boss told him off for being late again.
- (transitive) To count (members of a sequence), to enumerate.
- 1903, Field and Stream (page 755)
- The Recruit looked thoughtful and told off the days on his fingers.
- 1903, Field and Stream (page 755)
- (transitive, dated) To allocate duties to someone.
- (transitive, military) To divide and practise a regiment or company in the several formations, preparatory to marching to the general parade for field exercises.
- (rebuke) give somebody a piece of one's mind, give somebody what-for, read somebody the riot act, scold; see also Thesaurus:reprehend
- (count) enumerate, number; see also Thesaurus:count
- French: passer un savon
- German: ausschimpfen, schelten, rüffeln, tadeln, zurechtweisen, rügen, maßregeln, Vorwürfe machen, Ärger machen, Ärger bekommen, ermahnen, Vorhaltungen machen, einen Verweis erteilen, verwarnen, abkanzeln, mahnen, abmahnen, warnen
- Italian: dare una lavata di capo, sgridare, ammonire
- Russian: распекать
- Spanish: reprender, regañar, amonestar, cantar las cuarenta, leer la cartilla, poner a caldo, poner a parir, poner verde, poner como chupa de dómine
- German: abzählen, aufzählen, durchzählen, zählen
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