tell+off
121off the bat — adverb : without delay : at once : immediately lock these people up right off the bat without letting them run around Clare Hoffman * * * off the bat chiefly US informal : without any delay : ↑immediately usually used with right …
122off the bat — (right) off the bat American & Australian immediately. I could tell right off the bat there was something different about this man …
123tell — v 1. narrate, relate, report, recount, rehearse, recite; describe, portray, depict, detail, explain; delineate, sketch, picture, paint; romance. 2. vociferate, voice, give mouth or voice to, air, vent, ventilate, communicate, let be known; impart …
124ˌtell sb ˈoff — phrasal verb informal to criticize someone angrily for doing something wrong The teacher told me off for talking again today.[/ex] I m going to get told off for being late.[/ex] …
125tell someone off — informal reprimand someone. → tell …
126off one's own bat — adverb At ones own instigation. My boss didnt tell me to reorganize the filing system, I did it off my own bat …
127off the record — Meaning Something that is told in confidence that you don t want attributed to you. Origin Judges tell court recorders to strike inadmissible evidence from the record. Anything off the record is thus not for publication …
128tell smb off — speak to angrily He told his neighbor off after their music was too loud last night …
