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161 Chew the fat — If you chew the fat with someone, you talk at leisure with them …
162 chew face — tv. to kiss. (More jocular than crude.) □ A couple of kids were in a doorway chewin face. □ Hey Tracy! Wanna go chew face? …
163 chew someone out — tv. to scold someone. □ I knew my dad was going to chew me out. CD The dean chewed out the whole fraternity …
164 chew the rag — Go to chew the fat …
165 chew the fat/rag — (informal).See chat verb. → chew …
166 chew the scenery — phrasal : to act a stage or screen part with undue or inappropriate violence : overact * * * chew (up) the scenery (of an actor) overact he chews up the courtroom scenery as the unscrupulous attorney …
167 chew out — {v.}, {slang} To scold roughly. * /The boy s father chewed him out for staying up late./ * /The coach chews out lazy players./ Syn.: BAWL OUT, CALL ON THE CARPET, HAUL OVER THE COALS …
168 chew the scenery — {v. phr.}, {slang} To act overemotionally in a situation where it is inappropriate; to engage in histrionics. * /I don t know if Joe was sincere about our house, but he sure chewed up the scenery!/ …
169 chew out — {v.}, {slang} To scold roughly. * /The boy s father chewed him out for staying up late./ * /The coach chews out lazy players./ Syn.: BAWL OUT, CALL ON THE CARPET, HAUL OVER THE COALS …
170 chew the scenery — {v. phr.}, {slang} To act overemotionally in a situation where it is inappropriate; to engage in histrionics. * /I don t know if Joe was sincere about our house, but he sure chewed up the scenery!/ …
171 chew out — transitive verb Date: 1943 reprimand, bawl out …
172 chew over — transitive verb Date: 1939 to meditate on ; think about reflectively …
173 chew out — verb To lecture, scold, reprimand, or rebuke. His dad chewed him out after seeing the failing grades …
174 chew the cud — verb to meditate or ponder before answering; to be deep in thought; to ruminate …
175 chew the fat — verb To chat idly or generally waste time talking. Were not supposed to waste time chewing the fat with the customers. Syn: shoot the breeze …
176 chew over — verb To think deeply about; to ponder or mull over …
177 chew the scenery — verb To display excessive emotion or to act in an exaggerated manner while performing; to be melodramatic; to be flamboyant. Starring as a Great White Hope police commissioner sent to clean up Washington, D.C., Nelson displays a set of pipes… …
178 chew-in record functional — 1. a record of the natural chewing movements of the mandible made on the occlusion rim by the teeth or scribing studs. 2. a record of movements of the mandible made on the occluding surface of the opposing occlusion rim by the teeth or scribing… …
179 Chew and spew — take away food; any fastfood establishment viewed as selling poor quality food …
180 Chew on one's boot — the player s accuracy is faulty in kicking this goal; yelled at footy matches to (or about) a player, particularly when he is taking a free kick within scoring distance …
