tell him off

tell him off
tell him you are angry, tell him he is wrong
  

If he mentions my toupee once more, I'm going to tell him off.


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  • tell him where to get off — tell him what you think of him, tell him off    If he complains about the meals, tell him where to get off …   English idioms

  • tell him a thing or two — tell him he caused a problem, tell him off    If Sid took my keys, I m going to tell him a thing or two …   English idioms

  • tell him where to go — tell him to go to hell [B], tell him off    If he criticizes the way I drive, I ll tell him where to go! …   English idioms

  • tell — W1S1 [tel] v past tense and past participle told [təuld US tould] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(communicate something)¦ 2¦(show something)¦ 3¦(what somebody should do)¦ 4¦(know)¦ 5¦(recognize difference)¦ 6 tell yourself something 7¦(warn)¦ 8¦(tell somebody about… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • tell off someone — tell off (someone) to tell someone that their behavior is not acceptable. I was told off by my best friend, and it was a long time before I could forgive her. He s always been obnoxious and it s about time someone told him off …   New idioms dictionary

  • tell off — (someone) to tell someone that their behavior is not acceptable. I was told off by my best friend, and it was a long time before I could forgive her. He s always been obnoxious and it s about time someone told him off …   New idioms dictionary

  • tell — tell1 [tel] vt. told, telling [ME tellen < OE tellan, lit., to calculate, reckon < Gmc * taljan > Ger zahl, number: see TALE] 1. to enumerate; count; reckon [to tell time] 2. to give an account of (a story, etc.) in speech or writing 3.… …   English World dictionary

  • off (your) guard — phrase not thinking about something, so that you might say or do something that you did not intend to catch/​take someone off (their) guard (=surprise someone): ‘Why on earth did you tell him that?’ ‘He caught me off guard!’ Thesaurus: not… …   Useful english dictionary

  • tell — /tel/ verb past tense and past participle told /tUld/ 1 SAY/INFORMATION (T) to give someone facts or information about something: tell sb (that): She wrote to tell me she couldn t come. | Don t tell me you ve forgotten my birthday again. | Police …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • tell off — verb reprimand She told the misbehaving student off • Syn: ↑brush down • Hypernyms: ↑call on the carpet, ↑take to task, ↑rebuke, ↑rag, ↑trounce, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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