CHEW (SOMEBODY) OUT


Meaning of CHEW (SOMEBODY) OUT in English

chew somebody ↔ out phrasal verb American English informal ( see also ↑ chew )

to talk angrily to someone in order to show them that you disapprove of what they have done:

John couldn’t get the guy to cooperate and so I had to call and chew him out.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.