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Tell Off meaning in English
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Tell Off
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Tell Off
see synonyms of tell offverb (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
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Tell Off
see synonyms of tell off1.
to count (persons, etc.) and separate them from the total number
2. Informal
to rebuke severely
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Tell Off
see synonyms of tell offv. told(tōld), tell·ing, tells
v. tr.
1.
a. To communicate by speech or writing; express with words: She told him that the store was closed. Tell me the truth.
b. To give a detailed account of; narrate: told what happened; told us a story.
c. To notify (someone) of something; inform: He told us of his dream to sail around the world.
d. To make known; disclose or reveal: tell a secret; tell fortunes.
e. To inform (someone) positively; assure: I tell you, the plan will work.
f. To give instructions to; direct: told the customers to wait in line.
2. To discover by observation; discern: We could tell that he was upset.
3. To name or number one by one; count: telling one's blessings; 16 windows, all told.
v. intr.
1. To relate a story or give an account of an event: The sailor told of having been adrift for days.
2. To reveal something that is not supposed to be revealed, especially something that someone has done wrong: She promised not to tell on her friend.
3. To have an effect or impact: In this game every move tells.
n.
An unintentional or unconsciously exhibited behavior that reveals or betrays one's state of mind, as when playing poker.
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