chew out
v : censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter
for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, rebuke,
rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw,
dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl
out, remonstrate, chew up, have words, lambaste,
lambast]
WordNet (r) 2.0
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "chew out":
bawl out, carpet, chew, chew ass, cuss out, give a going-over,
give hail Columbia, give hell, give the deuce, give what-for,
jack up, jaw, lambaste, ream, ream ass, ream out, revile, sit on,
tell off, tongue-lash, vituperate, wig
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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