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chewing-out

noun as in castigation

noun as in harangue

noun as in scolding

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Example Sentences

“He gave you quite the chewing-out, didn’t he?” he said, once Stieglitz and the others were out of earshot.

Other coaches and guard Cassius Winston quickly stepped in to separate the two before the chewing-out continued in the team huddle.

Esper’s remarks earned him a chewing-out in the Oval Office.

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Other officials disputed the report of a chewing-out.

At the postgame handshake after Dallas squeezed out a 23-20 win from a 14-0 deficit, Switzer got a chewing-out from Cincinnati Coach Dave Shula.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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