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to chew out
[phrase form: chew]
01
to strongly criticize someone in an angry manner
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
out
Base verb
chew
Present tense
chew out
3rd person singular
chews out
Present participle
chewing out
Past simple
chewed out
Past participle
chewed out
Examples
The manager chewed the employee out for missing the deadline.
