read off

present singular third person reads off · participle present reading off

1. transitiveTo dictate from a list, especially in a way focused on sequential processing.

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

2. transitiveTo read from a scale or measure.
3. USslangtransitivegovernmentTo scold or reprimand.

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   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.

   1981, The Marine Corps Gazette