tell off
Example Sentences
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Things like: Was I wrong to tell off my pregnant, widowed neighbor for getting too familiar with my husband?
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2024
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
Righteous, single-minded and unafraid to tell off the highest members of British government when they demonstrate more political calculation than valor, Diana has a demigod’s certainty and a total immunity to embarrassment.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2017
To crush is to want to borrow Mindy Kaling’s pencil skirts and tell off street harassers with the “Daily Show’s” Jessica Williams.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2015
The tapping grows insistent, and I turn, intending to tell off the Cadet.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
