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tell off

/tɛl ɒf/

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verb

/tɛl ɒf/B2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия, когда кого-то сердито отчитывают или ругают за ошибку или проступок.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of reprimanding or scolding someone angrily for a mistake or wrongdoing.

uncountable · irregular verb · transitive · phrasal, separable

  1. Reprimand or scoldinformal

    To speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong.

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    • The teacher told off the students for being late.
    • She told him off for forgetting her birthday.
    • He was told off by his boss for missing the deadline.

    Synonymsberatecastigatechidedress downlecturerebukereprimandscoldupbraid

    Antonymscommendcomplimentpraise

Forms
  • told off past participle
  • told off past simple
  • telling off present participle
  • tells off third person singular

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Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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