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chew off

idiom
Meaning

To reprimand, to scold


Examples
SIMPLE

My boss chewed me off for arriving late again.

CONTEXTUAL

The coach chewed the players off after they lost the game because they did not follow the plan.

COMPLEX

Following the discovery of the accounting error, the director chewed the entire department off for their lack of attention to detail.

Anchors to
Related idioms7entries
  1. 01

    bite off more than one can chew

    To try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing.

  2. 02

    chew on

    To consider, to ponder.

  3. 03

    chew the cud

    To meditate or ponder before answering; to be deep in thought; to ruminate.

  4. 04

    chew the meat and spit out the bones

    To take in a great deal of information and selectively disregard some of it as invalid or inapplicable.

  5. 05

    chew the scenery

    To display excessive emotion or to act in an exaggerated manner while performing; to be melodramatic; to be flamboyant.

  6. 06

    chew up

    To ruin (especially land), by digging.

  7. 07

    walk and chew gum at the same time

    To do two normally trivial tasks at the same time; to exhibit basic competence or task-management skills.

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