tear a strip off someone

== English == === Alternative forms === tear someone off a strip, tear strips off someone === Pronunciation === === Verb === 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. ==== Synonyms ==== (scold vigorously): excoriate, give someone a dressing-down, haul someone over the coals, rake over the coals, read someone the riot act, tell someone off ==== Translations ====