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chew off
vb. 1 (context transitive English) (&lit chew off English) 2 (context idiomatic transitive English) To reprimand, to scold
Usage examples of "chew off".
You explain real nicely that Marjorie is going to chew off his foot unless he gives you the check I wrote.
Neither looked the least bit sinister, only upset and frightened and---in the woman's case--mad enough to chew off the cyborg's steel hand.
It's like the limbs of a starfish, to some extent: if you chew off a chunk, it will grow back.
Karsa made no effort to pull away from the beast seeking to chew off his lower leg.
Leilani knew better than anyone that she was caught in a trap nobody could pry open for her, that to have any hope of escape, she must chew off her foot and leave the trap behind—.