tear off a strip

tear somebody off a strip

(British informal) also tear a strip off somebody (British & Australian informal)

to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong He tore her off a strip for being late.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Haran	-	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Dunya	-	Russian
Waldek	VAHL-dek	Polish
Abraham	AY-brə-ham (English), AH-brah-hahm (Dutch)	English, Hebrew, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Biblical, Biblical Lati
Attfield	['ætfi:ld]
VitÓRia	vee-TAW-ryə	Portuguese