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What does it mean to "tell someone off"?
And why is "off" used here?
Mar 22, 2013 2:05 PM
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It means to tell them exactly what you think of them - and that is usually not a good thing. This phrase is used when you are angry at someone and plan to tell them just what you think without being polite
March 22, 2013
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Off is a preposition.
In English when you put a preposition after a verb you have a phrasal verb.
A phrasal verb has another meaning respect to the main verb (the verb without the preposition).
March 22, 2013
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