- tear someone off a strip (or tear a strip off someone) Brit.
- tear someone off a strip (or tear a strip off someone) Brit.informalrebuke someone angrily.→ tear
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tear someone off a strip (or tear a strip off someone) Brit.
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tear someone off a strip — tear someone off a strip/tear a strip off someone/british informal phrase to criticize someone angrily for doing something wrong Thesaurus: to criticize stronglysynonym to say something, or to speak to someone in an angry waysynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
tear off a strip — tear (someone) off a strip (or tear a strip off (someone)) Brit informal : to talk angrily to (someone who has done something wrong) His dad tore him off a strip for denting the car. • • • Main Entry: ↑strip tear (someone) off a strip see ↑strip … Useful english dictionary
tear a strip off someone — ► tear someone off a strip (or tear a strip off someone) Brit. informal rebuke someone angrily. Main Entry: ↑tear … English terms dictionary
tear someone off a strip — ► tear someone off a strip (or tear a strip off someone) Brit. informal rebuke someone angrily. Main Entry: ↑tear … English terms dictionary
tear — tear1 [tɛ:] verb (past tore; past participle torn) 1》 pull or rip apart or to pieces. ↘make a hole or split in. ↘damage (a muscle or ligament) by overstretching it. ↘(tear something down) demolish something. 2》 (tear something apart)… … English new terms dictionary
strip — Ⅰ. strip [1] ► VERB (stripped, stripping) 1) remove all coverings or clothes from. 2) take off one s clothes. 3) leave bare of accessories or fittings. 4) remove (paint) from a surface with solvent. 5) … English terms dictionary
strip — [[t]strɪ̱p[/t]] ♦♦♦ strips, stripping, stripped 1) N COUNT: usu N of n A strip of something such as paper, cloth, or food is a long, narrow piece of it. ...a new kind of manufactured wood made by pressing strips of wood together and baking them … English dictionary
strip — strip1 verb (strips, stripping, stripped) 1》 remove all coverings or clothes from. ↘take off one s clothes. 2》 leave bare of accessories or fittings. ↘remove the accessory fittings of or take apart (a machine, motor vehicle, etc.) for… … English new terms dictionary
give someone hell — (informal) 1 when I found out I gave him hell: REPRIMAND SEVERELY, rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove, scold, berate, remonstrate with, reprehend … Useful english dictionary
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