Tell off

verb

  1. To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish, often in a harsh, angry, direct way.

    Joel's boss told him off for being late again.

  2. To count (members of a sequence), to enumerate.

  3. To allocate duties to someone.

Synonyms: enumerate, number, give somebody a piece of one's mind, give somebody what-for, read somebody the riot act, scold

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