English Explanatory Dictionary

tear a strip off someone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To scold vigorously.

Pronunciation

En-au-tear a strip off someone.ogg

Word forms

tear a strip off someone tears a strip off someone tearing a strip off someone tore a strip off someone torn a strip off someone tear someone off a strip tear strips off someone

Synonyms

excoriate give someone a dressing-down haul someone over the coals rake over the coals read someone the riot act tell someone off
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