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 chew up
      v : censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
          for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
          Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter
          for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, rebuke,
           rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw,
           dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl
          out, remonstrate, chew out, have words, lambaste,
           lambast]