bawl off
C1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To shout at someone because they did something wrong.
Literal meaning: To bawl (shout) someone off — to drive them away or shame them with shouting.
Meanings
1 C1
idiomatic
informal
To reprimand or scold someone very loudly. (Dialectal/rare variant of 'bawl out')
"The foreman bawled him off in front of the whole crew for arriving late again."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Extremely rare. Largely a dialectal or archaic variant of 'bawl out.' Learners should prefer 'bawl out,' which is widely understood. Use of 'bawl off' may not be recognized by all native speakers.
Commonly used with
boss teacher parent manager mistake loudly
Forms
Base
bawl off
I/you/we/they
3rd person
bawls off
he/she/it
Past simple
bawled off
yesterday
Past participle
bawled off
have + pp
-ing form
bawling off
continuous
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