tell off

tel·loff

uncommon

verb

1.

“She told the misbehaving student off”

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Related words

Broader terms

call on the carpet

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Grammar

Verb: transitive

verb
infinitive	tell off
3rd person	tell ofves
past	tell offed
present participle	tell offing
past participle	tell offed

Sentence patterns

Somebody ----s somebody

Nearby words

telluride tellurium Tellus telly tell apart tell on telocentric telocentric chromosome telomerase telomere

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