chew somebody out AmE informal

Good thing it was you chewing her out instead of me.

So, they didn't expect me to chew him out in public.

Any other time he'd be ready to chew me out for going against his orders like that.

He'd chewed me out but good, last time I'd seen him.

I hope he loses and gets chewed out by the court.

They looked like men who had just been chewed out.

I really got chewed out for opening the thing, though.

I have a feeling chewing you out wouldn't do a whole lot of good.

"He's sitting at his desk this very moment, He chewed me out for coming in late."

So what are you going to chew them out over?