From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishchew somebody ↔ out phrasal verb American English informalANGRYto talk angrily to someone in order to show them that you disapprove of what they have done John couldn’t get the guy to cooperate and so I had to call and chew him out. → chew→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
chew out• In California you chew the juice out of grapes and spit the skin away, a real luxury. 