Word Study
chew out
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb chew out has 1 sense
- chew out(v = verb.communication) bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" is one way to criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot chew out Sue
THESAURUS
chew out
bawl out, carpet, chew, chew ass, cuss out, give a going-over, give hail Columbia, give hell, give the deuce, give what-for, jack up, jaw, lambaste, ream, ream ass, ream out, revile, sit on, tell off, tongue-lash, vituperate, wig
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