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telling-offs

telling-offs is the plural of telling-off.

Meaning of telling-off

Noun

telling-off (plural tellings-off or telling-offs)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) An instance of telling someone off, a reprimand or scolding.

Questions about telling-offs

What is telling-offs the plural of?
Telling-offs is the plural of telling-off.

Words near telling-offs in the dictionary

  1. telling the truth
  2. telling the truth and shaming the devil
  3. telling time
  4. telling volumes
  5. telling-off
  6. telling-offs
  7. telling-to
  8. tellingly
  9. tellingness
  10. tellings
  11. tellings off

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