chewed out; chewing out; chews out
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Synonyms for chew out
Synonyms
- baste,
- bawl out,
- berate,
- call down,
- castigate,
- chastise,
- dress down,
- flay,
- hammer,
- jaw,
- keelhaul,
- lambaste
- (or lambast),
- lecture,
- rag,
- rail (at or against),
- rant (at),
- rate,
- ream (out),
- rebuke,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- scold,
- score,
- tongue-lash,
- upbraid
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The first known use of chew out was in 1943
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