Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - tell off
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Tell off
tell off
If you tell someone off, you speak to them angrily or seriously because they have done something wrong. He never listened to us when we told him off... I’m always being told off for being so awkward... Dutch police told off two of the gang, aged 10 and 11. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V n P for n/-ing, V P n (not pron)
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1.
transitive verb Date: 1804 1. to number and set apart; especially to assign to a special duty told off a detail and put them to opening a trench — J. F. Dobie 2. reprimand, excoriate told him off for his arrogance ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. отсчитывать (людей и т. п.) 2. воен. рассчитываться (в строю); производить расчет 3. воен. назначать to tell smb. off for duty —- назначить кого-л. в наряд 4. разг. отругать, отчитать кого-л. ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
{v.} 1. To name or count one by one and give some special duty to; give a share to. * /Five boy scouts were told off to clean the camp./ 2. {informal} To speak to angrily or sharply; attack with words; scold. * /Mr. Black got angry and told off the boss./ * /Bobby kept pulling Sally's hair; finally she got angry and told him where to get off./ Syn.: TELL ONE WHERE TO GET OFF. Compare: GIVE A PIECE OF ONE'S MIND, LAY DOWN THE LAW, TELL A THING OR TWO. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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