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bawl out

verb

Definitions

  1. To shout very loudly.

    • The teacher angrily bawled out my name.

  2. To deliver a loud, hard scolding or lecture to

    To deliver a loud, hard scolding or lecture to; to reprimand in order to kill.

    • After a mistake like that, there wasn't much to do besides bawl out the offender and clean up.

  3. To have a serious argument accompanied by shouting.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA