tell off
verb
High School
1
To number off (a group of soldiers); to divide up (soldiers) in this way.
2
To assign (someone) to a particular task, duty etc.; to depute, to allocate.
3
To count off (numbers, members of a sequence etc.); to enumerate.
4
To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish, often in a harsh, angry, direct way.