tell off
• reprimand or scold someone.
• "my parents told me off for coming home late"
Similar:
reprimand,
rebuke,
reproach,
scold,
admonish,
reprove,
remonstrate with,
chastise,
chide,
upbraid,
berate,
take to task,
pull up,
castigate,
lambast,
read someone the Riot Act,
haul over the coals,
criticize,
censure,
give someone a talking-to,
give someone a telling-off,
dress down,
give someone a dressing-down,
give someone an earful,
give someone a roasting,
give someone a rocket,
give someone a rollicking,
rap,
rap someone over the knuckles,
slap someone's wrist,
let someone have it,
bawl out,
give someone hell,
come down on,
blow up,
pitch into,
lay into,
lace into,
give someone a caning,
blast,
rag,
keelhaul,
tick off,
have a go at,
carpet,
monster,
give someone a mouthful,
tear someone off a strip,
give someone what for,
wig,
give someone a wigging,
give someone a row,
row,
chew out,
ream out,
call down,
rate,
give someone a rating,
trim,
reprehend,
objurgate,
bollock,
give someone a bollocking,
tear someone a new arsehole,
rip someone a new arsehole,
chew someone's ass,
ream someone's ass,
tear someone a new asshole,
rip someone a new asshole,
• assign a member of a group to a particular task.
• "there used to be a chap told off every day to fetch us beer"
