tear someone off a strip
tear someone off a strip
To scold, upbraid, or rebuke someone very severely, as for an error or wrongdoing. The teacher really tore me off a strip for causing a disruption in class again.
See also: off, someone, strip, tear
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tear someone off a strip (or tear a strip off someone)
rebuke someone angrily. informalThis expression was originally RAF slang, first recorded in the 1940s.
See also: off, someone, strip, tear
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tear somebody ˈoff a strip
,tear a ˈstrip off somebody
(British English, informal) criticize somebody because you are angry about something they have said or done: The boss tore all the staff off a strip for using the Internet for personal matters during office hours.See also: off, somebody, strip, tear
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- tear a strip off (someone)
- tear a strip off someone
- tear somebody off a strip
- rebuke
- rebuke (someone or something) for (doing) (something)
- rebuke for
- reprimand
- reprimand (someone or something) for (doing) (something)
- reprimand for
- upbraid for