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tick sb off
(SPEAK SEVERELY) UK informal — phrasal verb with tick /tɪk/ verbDefinition
(Definition of tick sb off (SPEAK SEVERELY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- admonition noun
- bawl sb out phrasal verb
- be a reproach to sb/sth idiom
- be in sb's face idiom
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- carpet verb (CRITICIZE)
- crucify verb
- flay sb alive idiom
- give sb a rocket idiom
- give sb what for idiom
- jump on sb phrasal verb
- lecture verb
- put sb in their place idiom
- read (sb) the riot act idiom
- rebuke verb
- reprimand verb
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- send sb away with a flea in their ear idiom
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