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bawl off

bawl off verb: to severely scold; to shout at; to (figuratively) remove by shouting invective.

Verb

bawl off (third-person singular simple present bawls off, present participle bawling off, simple past and past participle bawled off)

  1. (transitive) To severely scold; to shout at; to (figuratively) remove by shouting invective.
    • He bawled off at the disobedient children.
    • He got his pants bawled off by his boss.

Forms of bawl off

third-person singular presentbawls off
present participlebawling off
past participlebawled off
pastbawled off

Questions about bawl off

What does bawl off mean?
Bawl off means to severely scold; to shout at; to (figuratively) remove by shouting invective.
What part of speech is bawl off?
Bawl off is a verb.
What is the past tense of bawl off?
The past tense of bawl off is bawled off.

Words near bawl off in the dictionary

  1. bawhorses
  2. Bawi
  3. bawk
  4. Bawku
  5. bawl
  6. bawl off
  7. bawl one's eyes out
  8. bawl out
  9. bawl-babies
  10. bawl-baby
  11. bawled

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