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chew out
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chew out

transitive verb

Definition of CHEW OUT

: reprimand, bawl out

Examples of CHEW OUT

  1. <the coach chews out even the stars of the team if they fail to show up for practice>

First Known Use of CHEW OUT

1943

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Synonyms
baste, bawl out, berate, call down, castigate, chastise, scold, dress down, flay, hammer, jaw, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), lecture, rag, rail (at or against), rant (at), rate, ream (out), rebuke, reprimand, reproach, score, tongue-lash, upbraid

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