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verb
To thoroughly insult, to comprehensively call attention to the flaws or shortcomings of (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal
Qualifier: at first especially in the black LGBTQ community
Synonyms: read someone for filth
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the black gay slang term read (“call attention to someone's flaws”).
