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View synonyms for tell off
tell off
verb
- informal.to reprimand; scold
they told me off for stealing apples
- to count and dismiss
he told off four more soldiers
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Derived Forms
- telling off, noun
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Idioms and Phrases
Rebuke severely, reprimand, as in It's time someone told her off about her behavior . There is also a synonymous expression, tell someone where to get off , as in When he called back a third time, I told him where to get off . [ Colloquial ; early 1900s] Also see get off , def. 7.Discover More
Example Sentences
One can not tell off-hand whether 10 hours, sidereal time, falls in the day or in the night.
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On looking at a map, one often feels a desire to tell off-hand the distance between two places.
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I can't tell off-hand what it is, whether you've come on or gone back.
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