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gave someone what for
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Past tense for to rebuke someone angrily
Past tense for to punish severely
Verb
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Past tense for to rebuke someone angrily
rebuked
scolded
berated
reprimanded
reproached
upbraided
admonished
castigated
chastised
lambasted
blasted
censured
chid
chided
reproved
carpeted
lectured
ragged
railed
vituperated
bollocked
told off
dressed down
let someone have it
laced into
laid into
pitched into
pulled up
reamed out
bawled out
gave a piece of one's mind
read the riot act
criticized
US
took to task
hauled over the coals
gave someone a telling-off
gave someone an earful
gave someone a roasting
gave someone a dressing-down
gave a rocket
gave someone a rollicking
chewed out
had a go at
tore off a strip
criticised
UK
rapped over the knuckles
gave someone a bollocking
put on the mat
ticked off
rated
called down
trimmed
gave someone a mouthful
objurgated
gave someone a wigging
gave someone a rating
keelhauled
gave a talking-to
gave someone hell
remonstrated with
rapped
reprehended
wigged
gave someone a caning
gave someone a row
rowed
gave someone some stick
came down on
slapped down
blew up
sent someone away with a flea in their ear
tore into
railed at
flayed
tongue-lashed
ranted at
railed against
basted
jawed
hammered
scored
blamed
put down
blew up at
condemned
raked over the coals
reamed
slapped someone's wrist
jumped on
called on the carpet
chastened
flamed
denounced
found fault with
abused
jumped down one's throat
nagged
took to the woodshed
excoriated
pummelled
UK
went on at
checked
dissed
slated
came down hard on
yelled at
monished
cautioned
talked to
lit into
lessoned
tore a strip off
reprobated
reviled
leaned on
accused
rapped on knuckles
brought to book
disparaged
pummeled
US
climbed all over
spoke to
gave a going over
told a thing or two
attacked
strongly criticized
disciplined
slapped on wrist
jawboned
laid down the law
lashed
cavilled
UK
bit someone's head off
drew the line
raked
caviled
US
exprobrated
feruled
sorted out
raked over coals
gave tongue-lashing
lowered the boom
sent someone away with a flea in his
gave the dickens
knocked
bagged
skinned
denunciated
panned
tore someone a new one
gave someone a dressing down
gave someone a telling off
visited
criticizes strongly
meted out punishment to
made an example of
picked on
tore down
taught a lesson
ragged on
sounded off
tore apart
carped on
snapped someone's head off
trounced
went after
fried
ripped
opposed
zapped
slanged
ate out
cussed out
gave one hell
shouted at
criticized hatefully
blistered
slang
chewed
jumped all over
gave someone a carpeting
scorched
harangued
slammed
belaboured
UK
scathed
assailed
laid out
savaged
bashed
dragged over the coals
rapped someone the knuckles
belabored
US
lay out
trashed
criticizes severely
potshotted
gave a hard time
burned one's ears
called to account
harassed
found fault
took down
exprobated
took down a peg
got on
got after
preached
aspersed
vilified
kept after
jumped down someone's throat
threaped
expostulated
praught
taunted
had someone on the carpet
gave the business
recriminated
ripped into
severely reprimanded
punished
rapped across the knuckles
had words
disgraced
lay on
gave comeuppance
dishonoured
UK
dishonored
US
laid on
pointed the finger
twitted
expressed disapproval of
called to task
discredited
defamed
gave the devil
spoke
gave someone stick
adjured
advised
counseled
US
warned
counselled
UK
corrected
came down on like a ton of bricks
spake
threw the book at
reprimanded severely
chewn
torn into
blown up at
given someone a bollocking
given one hell
eaten out
given a rocket
given someone a caning
come down on
given someone a row
given someone a wigging
given someone some stick
gone on at
taken to task
taken to the woodshed
given someone a mouthful
torn a strip off
given a talking-to
given someone a carpeting
given someone a dressing-down
given someone an earful
given someone a roasting
given someone a rollicking
given someone a telling-off
given someone hell
torn off a strip
given someone a rating
given someone what for
cut up
slagged off
pilloried
roasted
rubbished
denigrated
fulminated against
inveighed against
maligned
crucified
decried
slashed
impugned
bad-mouthed
run down
skewered
derogated
caned
arraigned
blown up
cast aspersions on
insulted
smeared
hit out at
deprecated
slandered
slurred
belittled
pulled apart
curst
cursed
calumniated
rollicked
sailed into
ran down
slighted
execrated
dispraised
libeled
US
libelled
UK
raved at
traduced
fulminated
vilipended
contemned
vituperated against
let fly at
pulled to pieces
slagged
faulted
minimized
US
ranted
discounted
spread lies about
scorned
inveighed
protested
anathematized
ridiculed
stigmatized
US
called over the coals
given a piece of one's mind
come down hard on
minimised
UK
stigmatised
UK
picked holes in
took to pieces
taken to pieces
cried down
poured scorn on
dumped on
lashed out at
disapproved
declaimed
deplored
sledged
depreciated
raged
given someone a bad press
gave someone a bad press
thundered
lampooned
stormed
persecuted
oppressed
remonstrated
scourged
hit
argued with
complained
proscribed
animadverted
fustigated
hosed
lammed into
set upon
shellacked
lashed out
mauled
derided
fumed
put away
waded into
cast a slur on
taken apart
took apart
shot down
beat
beat up on
whipped
picked to pieces
cut down
cut to the quick
let fly
carped at
disapproved of
called names
dragged through the mud
objected to
thundered against
thrown brickbats at
threw brickbats at
brought into disrepute
kicked up a fuss about
kicked up a stink about
trash-talked
blackened the name of
sullied the reputation of
blackened the reputation of
conducted a smear campaign against
put up a fight against
backbitten
backbit
gone for the jugular
went for the jugular
bitten someone's head off
swore at
sworn at
spoken ill of
spoke ill of
refuted
spouted
animadverted on
earbashed
framed
accosted
judged
satirized
US
named
pronounced
adjudged
offended
disagreed with
growled
riled
cudgeled
US
struck
slapped
cudgelled
UK
ostracized
US
rebuffed
incriminated
smothered
ostracised
UK
piled in
besmirched
blackened
satirised
UK
diminished
attasked
started on
started in
moralised
UK
moralized
US
dismissed
debased
kicked
vociferated
delivered a tirade to
declared unfit
sent up
injured
zinged
miscalled
pinned it on
hung something on
pointed finger at
laid at one's door
jumped on one's case
sent up the river
imprecated
demonized
US
sounded off to
dug
jinxed
raved
huffed
demonised
UK
carped
rapped knuckles
torn to pieces
tore to pieces
given something a bad press
gave something a bad press
tied into
ranted and raved
screamed at
challenged
made a stand
yapped
yelped
bawled
demeaned
objected
dressed-down
rounded on
nitpicked about
made a protest to
detracted
criticized harshly
taken issue with
took issue with
mouthed off about
complained of
raged against
cavilled at
picked apart
looked askance
lashed into
expostulated about
given a going over
drawn the line
bagged on
gotten after
gave a bad press to
given a bad press to
spoken evil of
spoke evil of
hurled insults at
protested strongly at
opposed strongly
gave a black eye
given a black eye
torn down
criticized strongly
animadverted upon
protested against
vociferated about
did a hatchet job on
done a hatchet job on
played down
passed strictures upon
worked over
made fun of
gave a bad name
had words with
made a fuss about
complained about
remonstrated about
complained vociferously about
declaimed against
ranked on
kicked up
made a stand against
jeered at
kissed off
disagreed violently with
come down on like a ton of bricks
spoken to
nagged at
ripped up
given a bad name
thrown mud at
cursed out
brought under fire
had at
kicked against
cracked down on
made a protest against
talked down
threw mud at
reviewed unfavorably
raised objections to
gone after
complained bitterly about
assaulted verbally
hitten
stricken
hat
took on
taken on
rid
rode
ridden
blown whistle on
blew whistle on
spoken
beaten
barked at
blown off
blew off
done a number on
did a number on
spoken out
spoke out
gave a tongue-lashing
given a tongue-lashing
taken down
torn apart
given comeuppance
gave flak to
given flak to
given the business
thrown the book at
spoke badly of
spoken badly of
given tongue-lashing
gave some stick to
given some stick to
went on about
gone on about
given something a battering
gave something a battering
taken down a peg
given the devil
given the dickens
given going-over
gave piece of mind
given piece of mind
gave going-over
given a hard time
gotten on
given someone stick
wrote off
written off
poor-mouthed
given someone a dressing down
given someone a telling off
torn someone a new one
taken great exception to
took a stand against
spoke out against
spoken out against
took great exception to
taken a stand against
taken a stand
took a stand
done down
did down
more ❯
“She
gave him what for
all right. But you could see she was ever so pleased and she went around telling everybody about it.”
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Past tense for to punish severely
skinned
skinned alive
punished severely
came down on
gave it to someone
came down on like a ton of bricks
tanned someone's hide
beat
beat up
hurt
flogged
whipped
lashed
walloped
wallopped
battered
caned
thumped
switched
spanked
scourged
abused
injured
roughed up
knocked about
gave someone the works
gave a going over
punished
manhandled
gave a lesson to
come down on
given it to someone
given someone what for
come down on like a ton of bricks
reprimanded
disciplined
penalized
US
reprehended
chastened
chastised
recompensed
scapegoated
rapped knuckles
penalised
UK
cracked down on
meted out punishment to
made an example of
taught a lesson
brought to book
slapped someone's wrist
thrown the book at
given someone the works
given a lesson to
threw the book at
given something a going-over
gave something a going-over
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