Word

tell off, v.

reprimand
<verb.communication>

brush down tell off

sample sentences

"She told the misbehaving student off"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

semantic pointers

hypernym

rebuke, scold, chide, berate, lecture, call on the carpet, take to task, rag, trounce, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast