tear a strip off someone

Verb

Meaning

tear a strip off someone (third-person singular simple present tears a strip off someone, present participle tearing a strip off someone, simple past tore a strip off someone, past participle torn a strip off someone)

(slang) To scold vigorously.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

excoriate rake over the coals haul someone over the coals tell someone off read someone the riot act rake someone over the coals

Close letter words and terms

teapoy tear tear a cat tear along tear and wear tear apart