chew out

chew out
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "chew out":
present tense I/you/we/they chew out he/she/it chews out present participle chewing out past tense chewed out past participle chewed out American informal
to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong

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  • chew out — transitive verb Date: 1943 reprimand, bawl out …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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