“You just have to bash the dough about a bit with your hands, squashing it into the table, reshaping it, pulling it, stretching it, squashing it again.”

Verb

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Past tense for to make forceful contact with something

hit

pummelled^UK

come into collision with

pummeled^US

came into collision with

come into contact with

came into contact with

knocked down

careered into

collided into

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“I don't think it's so cleverly painted that it would lead people to bash into the wall.”

Verb

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Past tense for to publicly criticize or castigate harshly

criticised^UK

criticized^US

belaboured^UK

belabored^US

pummelled^UK

pummeled^US

minimized^US

dragged through the mud

minimised^UK

libeled^US

libelled^UK

hauled over the coals

done a hatchet job on

stigmatized^US

stigmatised^UK

trivialized^US

rapped over the knuckles

trivialised^UK

given someone a bad press

gave someone a bad press

given something a battering

gave something a battering

put someone on the griddle

put someone on the hot seat

tore off a strip

torn off a strip

jumped down one's throat

nit-picked

gave someone a roasting

given someone a roasting

brought into disrepute

got at

passed strictures upon

blackened the name of

nitpicked over

sullied the reputation of

passed judgment

torn down

blackened the reputation of

conducted a smear campaign against

gave someone a dressing-down

given someone a dressing-down

gone for the jugular

went for the jugular

gave someone a rollicking

given someone a rollicking

given someone a bollocking

gave someone a bollocking

caviled^US

cavilled^UK

demonized^US

snapped someone's head off

demonised^UK

called over the coals

pinned your ears back

sent someone away with a flea in their ear

looked down one's nose at

dragged over the coals

given a bad name

rapped someone the knuckles

jumped down someone's throat

bit someone's head off

bitten someone's head off

burnt someone's ears

burned someone's ears

given something a bad press

gave something a bad press

gave a tongue-lashing

given a tongue-lashing

given someone a caning

gave someone a rating

blew up at

given someone an earful

gave someone a mouthful

given someone a row

gave someone a wigging

given someone some stick

given someone a rating

gave someone a row

gave someone a caning

gave someone an earful

given someone a telling-off

given someone a wigging

gave someone what for

gave someone a telling-off

gave someone some stick

given someone what for

lay out

blown up at

given someone a mouthful

disgraced

dishonoured^UK

dishonored^US

scandalized^US

scandalised^UK

dragged through the mire

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

treated with contempt

satirized^US

satirised^UK

run a smear campaign against

blackened someone's name

jibed at

sneezed at

blackened the character of

held in contempt

setted little store by

held up to ridicule

rated too low

dragged someone's name through the mud

expressed disapproval of

lowered the status of

turned your nose up at

expressed a poor opinion of

remonstrated against

treated disrespectfully

dehumanized^US

dehumanised^UK

hurt somebody's feelings

objected to

regarded with contempt

marked wrong

dragged name through mud

thought too little of

put someone in their place

kicked up a stink about

brought shame to

slapped someone's wrist

ran a smear campaign against

labeled^US

labelled^UK

bastardized^US

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

bastardised^UK

brought into disfavour

told someone to get lost

wrote false reports about

written false reports about

made cutting remarks about

expressed disagreement with

stepped on one's toes

treated contemptuously

taken the piss out of

refused to acknowledge

pointed the finger

thought little of

kicked up a fuss about

called to task

taken exception to

cocked a snook

lodged a protest against

took issue with

knocked off high horse

made someone eat crow

complained vociferously about

laid on

cold-shouldered

setted too little store by

had someone on the carpet

showed in a bad light

spoke of with disfavour

spoken of with disfavour

given a bad name to

gave a bad name to

took down a peg or two

taken down a peg or two

given someone the brush-off

given the cold shoulder to

gave someone the brush-off

gave the cold shoulder to

taken a stand against

taken off

took off

did a takeoff of

done an impression of

taken to the woodshed

took to the woodshed

gone on at

blown up

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“Max Bialystock then conspires with a meek accountant to deliberately create a failsafe failure that critics would bash to bits.”

Verb

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Past tense for to defeat heavily in a contest

pulverised^UK

pulverized^US

taken to the cleaners

gave someone a drubbing

given someone a drubbing

blew away

blown away

turned inside out

brought someone to their knees

snowed under

won a resounding victory over

gave someone a hiding

given someone a hiding

walked over

blew out of the water

blown out of the water

gave someone a pasting

given someone a pasting

pummelled^UK

pummeled^US

gained a victory over

put someone in their place

got the upper hand over

immobilized^US

immobilised^UK

gained ascendancy over

knocked over

gained the upper hand over

gotten the upper hand

gained the advantage over

outfought

made look pale by comparison

knocked the stuffing out of

thrown back in confusion

threw back in confusion

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Verb

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Past tense for to cause significant damage to something

Adjective

Under the influence of alcohol

three sheets to the wind

three sheets in the wind

two sheets to the wind

having had one over the eight

under the influence of intoxicating liquor

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Adjective

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Having been mistreated or assaulted, especially physically

pummel^US

pummelled^UK

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