chewing-out
Example Sentences
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Esper’s remarks earned him a chewing-out in the Oval Office.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2020
He might explain carefully, Hart said, that a repeat of the mistake in the Michigan game might traumatize the player far worse than the chewing-out at the Ohio State practice.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2016
He summoned Feldman to his house for a chewing-out that lasted several hours.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 27, 2016
But his feelings for Alicia, combined with a chewing-out from Marissa, changed his mind, and at the last minute he told Alicia to go back to the original plan.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2015
“He gave you quite the chewing-out, didn’t he?” he said, once Stieglitz and the others were out of earshot.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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