Meaning of read off | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To dictate from a list, especially in a way focused on sequential processing.
   transitive
2. To read from a scale or measure.
   transitive
3. To scold or reprimand.
   US, slang, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“When your name has been read off, come to collect your paper.”

“He also knows that he has a tendency towards being overweight and watches his diet carefully, and he can tell you everything there is to know about every man in his platoon. Yet, more than once, I've read him off for being partial to a couple of obvious earbangers, and the simplest problem can make him indecisive.”

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