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chew out

verb

  1. informal.
    tr, adverb to reprimand
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Scold harshly, as in Dad will chew you out for taking the car without permission . Originating in the military, this slangy term began to be used during World War I and soon spread to civilian life. Several vulgar versions, such as chew someone's ass out , should be avoided in polite speech. Also see eat out , def. 2.
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I just had Mikey improvise a little bit, just basically chewing out the dudes, the two Armenian henchmen.

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Payton famously chewed out Russell Wilson on the sideline in games against the Jets, Chargers and Lions last year.

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Brotman was the public address announcer, and recalled one time when he was chewed out by an umpire — and Hodges came to his aid.

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Dean described him as caring and well-mannered, even after getting chewed out over a play.

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She hasn’t had to chew out any players and if any caused problems, there’s always big brother Trey to come around.

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