bawl out
[verb]
Synonyms: scold, berate, bless out, carpet, chew out, lash, tell off, tongue-lash, upbraid, wig

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Related Idioms: read a lecture (or lesson)
Related Words: condemn, denounce

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

bawl somebody ↔ out phrasal verb (see also bawl)
to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong:
He was afraid Vic would bawl him out for being late.

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bawl out
to scold someone loudly
The woman bawled out her child in the supermarket.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

bawl out
v., informal To reprove in a loud or rough voice; rebuke sharply; scold.
The teacher bawled us out for not handing in our homework.
Compare: HAUL OVER THE COALS, LIGHT INTO, TELL A THING OR TWO.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

bawl out someone
to scold someone loudly
The woman bawled out her child in the supermarket.

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