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

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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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