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chew out

verb

Definition of CHEW OUT

transitive verb

: reprimand, bawl out

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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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