"chew off" meaning in All languages combined

See chew off on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-chew off.ogg Forms: chews off [present, singular, third-person], chewing off [participle, present], chewed off [participle, past], chewed off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} chew off (third-person singular simple present chews off, present participle chewing off, simple past and past participle chewed off)
  1. (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chew, off. Tags: transitive Synonyms: chew out
    Sense id: en-chew_off-en-verb-7LF55xl8
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To reprimand, to scold Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-chew_off-en-verb-lLM1Rt5u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chew, off."
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