chew out

“If you miss something big and a competitor releases it first? Then you’re getting chewed out by your boss.”

It wasn’t the play calls or blocking assignments running through the young freshman’s mind — it was the fear of making a blunder and getting “chewed out” in his first real opportunity to prove himself.

I just had Mikey improvise a little bit, just basically chewing out the dudes, the two Armenian henchmen.

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

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