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tell someone where to get off

tell someone where to get off verb: to dismiss someone with harsh words.

Verb

tell someone where to get off (third-person singular simple present tells someone where to get off, present participle telling someone where to get off, simple past and past participle told someone where to get off)

  1. (colloquial) To dismiss someone with harsh words.

Forms of tell someone where to get off

third-person singular presenttells someone where to get off
present participletelling someone where to get off
past participletold someone where to get off
pasttold someone where to get off

Questions about tell someone where to get off

What does tell someone where to get off mean?
Tell someone where to get off means to dismiss someone with harsh words.
What part of speech is tell someone where to get off?
Tell someone where to get off is a verb.
What is the past tense of tell someone where to get off?
The past tense of tell someone where to get off is told someone where to get off.

Words near tell someone where to get off in the dictionary

  1. tell me something I don't know
  2. tell noses
  3. tell of
  4. tell off
  5. tell on
  6. tell someone where to get off
  7. tell someone where to shove it
  8. tell stories
  9. tell story
  10. tell tale
  11. tell tales

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