chew up

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TRITARE. FARE A PEZZI

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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"; "check" is archaic [syn: rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, have words, lambaste, lambast]

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Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) 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
(hypernym) knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
(hyponym) chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct

(v.) = echar una bronca, echar un rapapolvo, criticar.
Ex: A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.

(v.) = destrozar, comerse, devorar, mordisquear.
Ex: Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.

(v.) = masticar, masticar bien.
Ex: If I chew up something fattening but I spit it out, will I still absorb the calories?.