read someone to filth

From the slang term read (“call attention to someone's flaws”).

read someone to filth (third-person singular simple present reads someone to filth, present participle reading someone to filth, simple past and past participle read someone to filth)

1. (idiomatic, informal) To thoroughly insult, to comprehensively call attention to the flaws or shortcomings of an individual.
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   Synonym: read someone for filth