ball (someone) out



ball (someone) out

A misspelling of "bawl someone out," meaning to scold or reprimand someone with great intensity and/or ferocity. My parents balled me out after I failed my math exam.
See also: ball, out

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gawdat-Arabic
BradÁN-Ancient Irish
Cirillochee-REEL-loItalian
MarkoMAHR-ko (Finnish)Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Finnish, Basque
Mariano-Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Liliane-French