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tell off

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  1. reprimand
    She told the misbehaving student off

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  • And that ref chiefs tell officials to say they have not seen incidents so that retrospective action can then be applied. The Sun
  • Or: Your boss and fellow workers constantly tell offensive jokes and you have been sexually harassed.
  • Sometimes when he left an after-work bar outing to hurry home, his colleagues would privately breathe a sigh of relief; with him gone, they could drink up and tell off-color jokes.
  • And that ref chiefs tell officials to say they have not seen incidents so that retrospective action can then be applied. The Sun
  • Or: Your boss and fellow workers constantly tell offensive jokes and you have been sexually harassed.
  • Sometimes when he left an after-work bar outing to hurry home, his colleagues would privately breathe a sigh of relief; with him gone, they could drink up and tell off-color jokes.
  • He tends to tell off-color jokes, use a lot of sexual innuendo and pepper his conversations with inappropriate words.
  • So far, she has been able to tell officers that her attacker was either Asian or of mixed race, had a slim and muscular build and short dark hair.
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