chew sb out
US informal— phrasal verb with chew uk/tʃuː/us/tʃuː/verb [ I or T ]
to tell someone angrily that they have done something wrong:
The coach chewed his team out for playing so badly.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Chastising & rebuking
- admonition
- barracking
- bawl
- be in sb's face idiom
- beat yourself up
- bring
- come down on sb like a ton of bricks idiom
- dressing-down
- keelhaul
- lambaste
- lay
- neck
- rebuke
- reprimand
- reproachful
- there'll be hell to pay idiom
- throw
- throw the book at sb idiom
- tirade
- upbraid
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