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Verb: tell off  tel óf
  1. Reprimand
    - brush down

Derived forms: telling off, tells off, told off

See also: tell

Type of: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet [US], chew out [N. Amer], chew up [N. Amer], chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, ream [N. Amer], rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce

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