Received deriding lecture, ridicule for (perceived or real) misconduct or other wrongdoing
Lt. Raine was chewed out by his commander for delivering Col. Landa...with a swastika carved into his forehead
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I chewed him out when he said he wouldn't come to the party.
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To be berated, cussed out and yelled at by superior officers or guardians or adults. Usually happens when you do something you weren't supposed to do.
Colonel James H. Doolittle: "They don't want me up in the air flying with the men that I have chosen. That I've chewed out, cussed out, pushed to limit...and that I've come to respect.
---April 1942, shortly before the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo during WWII
Col. Hans Landa: You'll be shot for this!
Lt. Aldo Raine: Nah, I don't think so. More like chewed out. I've been chewed out before.
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Be warned: Despite the similar meanings of the root words, to chew someone out is something VERY DIFFERENT from *eating* them out.
My mom ate me out last night... I mean chewed me out.
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Tired, exhausted, worn out (especially from excessive partying and or drugs).
'You coming out tonight bro?'.
'Nah man, im feeling pretty chewed out aye'...
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The swing dancer unnecessarily defends his or her stance on swing dancing, often succeeding a pretentious comment.
"I just made a joke about swing and Jimmy gave me quite the Charleston Chew-Out"
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1. to jump on ones case
2. to argue to the point of winning
Krystal chewed me out about letting her son bruise his head and none of the other kids got hurt!
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