chew out

Example Sentences

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The thunderous hit caused Rivera to momentarily stop that day’s practice then and there to chew out his team for the lack of discipline.

From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2023

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

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