chew out
v 1: 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}, {take to
task}, {rebuke}, {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture},
{reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {call down}, {scold},
{chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out},
{chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
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