"read someone to filth" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: reads someone to filth [present, singular, third-person], reading someone to filth [participle, present], read someone to filth [participle, past], read someone to filth [past]
Etymology: From the black gay slang term read (“call attention to someone's flaws”). Head templates: {{en-verb|read<,,read> someone to filth}} read someone to filth (third-person singular simple present reads someone to filth, present participle reading someone to filth, simple past and past participle read someone to filth)
  1. (idiomatic, informal, at first especially in the black LGBT community) To thoroughly insult, to comprehensively call attention to the flaws or shortcomings of (someone). Tags: idiomatic, informal Categories (topical): LGBT Synonyms: read someone for filth
    Sense id: en-read_someone_to_filth-en-verb-G5BacuJF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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