bawl out

British  

verb

1. informal (tr, adverb) to scold loudly

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bawl out Idioms  

1. Call out loudly, announce, as in Some of the players were quite hard of hearing, so the rector bawled out the bingo numbers . [1500s]

2. Scold or reprimand loudly, as in Her teacher was always bawling out the class for not paying attention . [c. 1900]

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Example Sentences

“I played it at my lesson, and I was bawled out. I couldn’t believe that doing such a thing was wrong, so I quit practicing and eased out of the lessons.”

From Washington Post

The emotions of all of this time, it all came out, and I ugly-cried and bawled out loud until we were done with all of the bows.

From New York Times

She began to cry then, bawling out like a frightened child.

From Literature

“Why am I picking on you every day? Why don’t I ever bawl out those other layabouts?”

From Literature

“A bawling out would have been better,” he said.

From Literature