English Explanatory Dictionary

tell off

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To number off (a group of soldiers); to divide up (soldiers) in this way.
  2. To assign (someone) to a particular task, duty etc.; to depute, to allocate.
  3. To count off (numbers, members of a sequence etc.); to enumerate.
  4. To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish, often in a harsh, angry, direct way.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tell off.wav

Word forms

tell off tells off telling off told off

Synonyms

give somebody what-for read somebody the riot act scold number enumerate give somebody a piece of one's mind
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