tell off
Example Sentences
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There are people who are angry, parents who want to tell off their kids for getting addicted and you have to explain, it's not their fault, this is an illness.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2022
A: Oh, you can absolutely tell off someone else’s kids!
From Slate • Jan. 11, 2021
When it comes to failing to self-isolate or practise social distancing, surely everyone feels free to tell off members of their family.
From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2020
One of his favorites is to tell off heckling lawmakers for “chuntering from a sedentary position.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2019
The tapping grows insistent, and I turn, intending to tell off the Cadet.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
