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Meanings of
tell off
in English
Spanish
abroncar
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Reprimand.
brush down
Spanish
abroncar
Usage of
tell off
in English
1
Motorists are being encoraged to
tell
off
others who are using phone.
2
He continued to
tell
off
the frightful rosary of his crimes.
3
He'd
tell
off
a kid for putting his feet on a bus seat.
4
The first thing to be done is to
tell
off
the men into companies.
5
Now Nelson had begun to
tell
off
these ships as early as the 4th.
6
I'll
tell
off
a couple of men at once and break out your baggage.
7
The first duty of Captain Bishop was to
tell
off
the men to their posts.
8
You had better
tell
off
twenty men under him.
9
They
tell
off
from the right in fours.
10
Signor Parucchi, do you
tell
off
fifty men.
11
You won't have nothin' to do hexcept
tell
off
th' watches an' keep th' boys paintin'.
12
But if you really dislike the idea so much, I could
tell
off
one of the Asha'man.
13
Then
tell
off
a man to flatten down clay over the place at once, and try somewhere else.
14
Yes, if I were other than for legality:-ifit came to a rising, I could
tell
off
able lieutenants.'
15
Don't say 'sorry' like that neither, like a dog that get
tell
off
for messin' on the kitchen floor.
16
My daughter gave me a good
telling
off
and quite rightly so.
Other examples for "tell off"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
tell
off
tell
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
tell off
Spanish
abroncar
increpar
Tell off
through the time
Tell off
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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