Found 1 items, similar to chew out.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: chew out 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]