cuss out
phrasal verb
cussed out; cussing out; cusses out
US, informal
: to say angry and offensive words to (someone)
He cussed me out for crashing his pickup truck.
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The team demonstrated more than a dozen hacks, including tricks like forcing the user into a Zoom call, capturing a user’s location, and making Google cuss out the user.
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PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
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PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Cuss out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cuss%20out. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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