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"chew out" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which a person is criticized in a strong or angry way. For example, "The boss chewed him out for coming late to work."
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"I'm not going to go in there and chew out the manager about playing time," Wise said.
Simon was a remote and formidable presence onstage, not afraid to stop a song midchord in order to chew out a talky audience member.
A taxi driver got out of his car, ready to chew out the cart man, but he was nowhere to be found.
Each place was spanking clean; he would visit obsessively to chew out staff for smudgy windows or litter in the parking lot, and his training videos insisted that even the pipes under the sinks should be buffed until they shone.
Trump, a reluctant hand-shaker who has been known to chew out double-dippers at parties, told CNN that the fast-food chains' cleanliness is part of their appeal.
"And they are girls," said Brana Wolf, the fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar and a seasoned stylist who has been known to chew out photographers caught snapping topless shots at shows she styles.
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"And we needed a chewing out.
"And you're getting chewed out every day for it.
"You expect to be chewed out in that situation.
It may be a product of nonstop urging, imploring, connecting, sometimes chewing out and sometimes cheering.
"She got chewed out for that," Miller said, with a dry laugh.
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