tell+off

  • 131off 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 Anything off the record is thus not for publication …

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  • 132tell smb off — speak to angrily He told his neighbor off after their music was too loud last night …

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