chew out
Example Sentences
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This fire will chew out the underbrush and lick the moss off the trees.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2019
That prompted Daniels to chew out his teammates.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2019
Case in point: Mayfield used very strong language to chew out his receivers for not extending their routes when he was flushed out of the pocket.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2019
A minute later, Walton used almost all of a timeout to chew out Spooner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2017
Last week I saw him chew out Mamá’s younger coworker for texting instead of finding something “useful” to do on her break, like tidying up the break room.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
