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telling off
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telling offnoun
A reprimand, reproach, or lecture.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of telling off in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of telling off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of telling off in a Sentence
My coach (Bisweshwar Nandi) was frightened when I first started doing the vault because he thought I could break my neck or end up dead but I was eager to try and push the boundaries, sir (Nandi) even got a telling off from the team’s foreign coach for allowing me to perform this vault because it was too risky. But my coach and I felt we had to take some risks if we wanted to compete with the best.
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