tell off

“I quite like broad humor and s— humor, and I keep getting told off for it,” he says, erupting into a devilish laugh.

Pupil Lilly-Belle, 12, was told off in her first week at the school because she was wearing her sister's old skirts which were not the right length.

Adrien was just sitting there, like a teenager being told off in a principal’s office.

"I would just daydream, do nothing, and I'd probably get told off a bunch."

She was once told off for asking to learn Mandarin.