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chew out
vs
tear a strip off someone
chew out
verb
To lecture, scold, reprimand, or rebuke, especially in an angry tone of voice.
tear a strip off someone
verb
To scold vigorously.
How often have the words
chew out
and
tear a strip off someone
occurred in a corpus of books?
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Google Ngram Viewer
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