tell off

Mane (Îngilîzî)

To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish, often in a harsh, angry, direct way.
To count (members of a sequence), to enumerate.
To allocate duties to someone.
To divide and practise a regiment or company in the several formations, preparatory to marching to the general parade for field exercises.

scold

reprimand

abuse verbally

tear to shreds

be down on

take someone to task

sail into

blow one’s stack

land on

punish severely

reproach for

speak with

talk to

talk with

tear into

walk into

rebuke strongly

scold severely

detail off

rebuke for

reprimand for

reproach with

reprove for

scold for

smack down

tear a strip off

tear someone off a strip

read a lecture

land upon

give hell

denounce

From the military order: "number" - when starting with the first soldier, each would number himself out loud, counting in sequence file by file and rank by rank.

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