chewing out

Definitions of chewing out
  1. noun
    a severe scolding
    synonyms: bawling out, castigation, dressing down, earful, going-over, upbraiding
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    type of:
    rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
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