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
Amias	-	English (Rare)
Renata	re-NAH-tah (Italian, Spanish, German, Polish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Czech, Croatian, Slovene, Late Roman
NicolÁS	nee-ko-LAHS	Spanish
Felipinho	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
IngegÄRd	ING-e-yerd	Swedish
Eilwen	-	Welsh