Usually means: Reprimand someone harshly or angrily.
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  2. chew out: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. chew out: Rhymezone
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  8. chew out: FreeDictionary.org
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  11. chew out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. chew out: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. chew out: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (chew out)

verb:  (US, slang) To lecture, scold, reprimand, or rebuke, especially in an angry tone of voice.

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