# tell off

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To number off (a group of soldiers); to divide up (soldiers) in this way.
2. To assign (someone) to a particular task, duty etc.; to depute, to allocate.
3. To count off (numbers, members of a sequence etc.); to enumerate.
4. To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish, often in a harsh, angry, direct way.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
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