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Discover LudwigThe phrase "chewing out" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to scold or reprimand someone harshly. Example: The boss gave the employee a severe chewing out for constantly being late to work.
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"And we needed a chewing out.
A royal chewing out for not having your head in the game?
It may be a product of nonstop urging, imploring, connecting, sometimes chewing out and sometimes cheering.
The students watched a video of a print shop manager chewing out an employee without knowing the circumstances.
One way they plan on addressing his habit of chewing out his bosses is to make him a boss.
You could not get this shape by getting a big onion and chewing out the middle bit.
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Chewed out.
"And you're getting chewed out every day for it.
"You expect to be chewed out in that situation.
They took me to the pub at lunchtime and I got chewed out.
"She got chewed out for that," Miller said, with a dry laugh.
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