tell sb off
— Phrasal Verb with tell /tel/ verb (past tense and past participle told)Definition
› to tell someone that they have done something wrong and that you are angry about it: [+ for + doing sth] Darren got told off for talking in class.
(Definition of tell sb off from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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