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bawl out

verb

  1. informal(tr, adverb) to scold loudly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Call out loudly, announce, as in Some of the players were quite hard of hearing, so the rector bawled out the bingo numbers . [1500s]

Scold or reprimand loudly, as in Her teacher was always bawling out the class for not paying attention . [c. 1900]

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“I played it at my lesson, and I was bawled out. I couldn’t believe that doing such a thing was wrong, so I quit practicing and eased out of the lessons.”

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The emotions of all of this time, it all came out, and I ugly-cried and bawled out loud until we were done with all of the bows.

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She began to cry then, bawling out like a frightened child.

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“Why am I picking on you every day? Why don’t I ever bawl out those other layabouts?”

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“A bawling out would have been better,” he said.

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