tell off
verb- To number off (a group of soldiers); to divide up (soldiers) in this way.
- To assign (someone) to a particular task, duty etc.; to depute, to allocate.
- To count off (numbers, members of a sequence etc.); to enumerate.
- To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish, often in a harsh, angry, direct way. · Joel's boss told him off for being late again.
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