Usually means: Reprimanding someone for wrongdoing verbally.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word telling off:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. telling off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. telling off: Merriam-Webster
  3. telling-off: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. telling-off, telling-off, telling off: Collins English Dictionary
  5. telling-off: Wordnik
  6. telling-off: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. telling-off, telling off: Wiktionary
  8. telling-off, telling off: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. telling off: Legal dictionary

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  1. telling off: Encyclopedia

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  1. telling off: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (telling off)

▸ noun:  (informal) A reprimand, reproach, or lecture.

Similar:
telling-to, telling-off, lesson, admonishment, coating, rebuking, reprimand, lecture, reproaching, reproof, more...

Opposite:
praise, compliment, commendation

Types:
scolding, reprimand, berating, chastisement, dressing down, more...

Phrases:
telling a mile off, telling where they get off, telling where to get off, telling someone off, more...

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Similar:
telling-to, telling-off, lesson, admonishment, coating, rebuking, reprimand, lecture, reproaching, reproof, more...

Opposite:
praise, compliment, commendation

Types:
scolding, reprimand, berating, chastisement, dressing down, more...

Phrases:
telling a mile off, telling where they get off, telling where to get off, telling someone off, more...



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