tear a strip off (someone)

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tear a strip off (someone)

To scold, upbraid, or rebuke someone very severely, as for an error or wrongdoing. The teacher really tore a strip off me for causing a disruption in class again.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mariska	mah-RIS-kah (Dutch)	Hungarian, Dutch
Grant	[grænt]
Cadogan	-	Welsh, Irish
Raghu	-	Hinduism, Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam
Eoin	O-in	Irish, Scottish
Emilia	e-MEEL-yah (Italian, Spanish, Polish), E-mee-lee-ah (Finnish), e-MEE-lee-ah (Swedish)	Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English