tell off

tell¹ (t

v. told (t

ld), tell·ing, tells

v.tr.

1. To give a detailed account of; narrate: tell what happened; told us a story.

2. To communicate by speech or writing; express with words: tell the truth; tell one's love.

3. To make known; reveal: tell a secret; tell fortunes.

4. To notify; inform.

5. To inform positively; assure: I tell you, the plan will work.

6. To give instructions to; direct: told the customers to wait in line.

7. To discover by observation; discern: could tell that he was upset.

8. To name or number one by one; count: telling one's blessings; 16 windows, all told.

v.intr.

1. To give an account or revelation: is prepared to break silence and tell.

2. To give evidence; inform: promised not to tell on her friend.

3. To have an effect or impact: In this game every move tells.

Phrasal Verb:

tell off Informal

To rebuke severely; reprimand.

[Middle English tellen, from Old English tellan; see del-² in Indo-European roots.]

tella·ble adj.

tell² (t

A mound, especially in the Middle East, made up of the remains of a succession of previous settlements.

[Arabic tall; see tll in Semitic roots.]

tell off

vb (tr, adverb)

1. Informal to reprimand; scold they told me off for stealing apples

2. to count and dismiss he told off four more soldiers

telling off , telling-off n

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Verb

tell off - reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off"

brush down

call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, bawl out, berate, rebuke, reproof, scold, take to task, call down, lambast, lambaste, lecture, reprimand, remonstrate, trounce, jaw, rag - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

Translations

? tell off

vt sep

(inf: = scold) → ausschimpfen, schelten (for wegen); he told me off for being late → er schimpfte (mich aus), weil ich zu spät kam

(Mil etc) → abkommandieren (for zu)

tell off → يُوَبِخ vynadat skælde ud rügen κατσαδιάζω regañar läksyttää réprimander prekoriti rimproverare しかる 꾸짖다 berispen skjelle ut zbesztać repreender отчитывать skälla ut ดุว่า azarlamak mắng 责骂

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berate
brush down
call on the carpet
chew out
chew up
chide
earful
have words
lambast
lambaste
lecture
rap
rebuke
reprimand
reprove
roasting
rollicking
scold

Praise others nearby, urge authors CAPTION(S): Don't tell off pupils like Catherine Tate's 'Am I bovvered?

Bouquets, not brickbats, the key to classroom control; Telling-off is ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

Another was later told not to use the word "naughty" to tell off his daughter.

Nursery chiefs slap ban on 'bad' words by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

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