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Verb

To severely reprimand or criticize someone

gives someone hell

reprimands severely

remonstrates with

gives a talking-to

hauls over the coals

gives someone a dressing-down

gives someone an earful

gives someone a roasting

gives someone a rollicking

raps over the knuckles

reads the riot act

comes down hard on

gives someone a caning

lets someone have it

gives someone a mouthful

gives someone a wigging

gives someone some stick

gives someone what for

gives someone a bollocking

gives someone a rating

tears off a strip

sends someone away with a flea in their ear

gives someone a row

puts on the mat

rakes over the coals

slaps someone's wrist

finds fault with

calls on the carpet

takes to the woodshed

gives a piece of one's mind

jumps down one's throat

tears a strip off

lays down the law

bites someone's head off

gives a going over

strongly criticizes

raps on knuckles

tells a thing or two

climbs all over

rakes over coals

sends someone away with a flea in his

gives the dickens

lowers the boom

gives tongue-lashing

gives going-over

gives piece of mind

gives someone a dressing down

tears someone a new one

gives someone a telling off

gives someone a carpeting

criticizes hatefully

drags over the coals

criticizea severely

raps someone the knuckles

snaps someone's head off

criticizea strongly

metes out punishment to

teaches a lesson

makes an example of

calls to account

takes down a peg

gives a hard time

burns one's ears

gives the business

jumps down someone's throat

has someone on the carpet

raps across the knuckles

severely reprimands

points the finger

gives the devil

gives comeuppance

expresses disapproval of

comes down on like a ton of bricks

gives someone stick

throws the book at

gives an injunction to

gives someone a ticking-off

fulminates against

inveighs against

takes to pieces

gives someone a bad press

vituperates against

pulls to pieces

take issue with

casts aspersions on

throws brickbats at

calls over the coals

goes for the jugular

tears to pieces

gives something a bad press

picks to pieces

drags through the mud

thunders against

gives a bad press to

brings into disrepute

kicks up a stink about

kicks up a fuss about

gives a black eye

does a hatchet job on

conducts a smear campaign against

blackens the name of

blackens the reputation of

gives a bad name

sullies the reputation of

spreads lies about

assaultsq verbally

casts a slur on

gives a tongue-lashing

jumps on one's case

criticizes harshly

speaks badly of

delivers a tirade to

does a number on

cuts to the quick

makes a protest to

passes strictures upon

hurls insults at

brings under fire

reviews unfavorably

gives something a battering

points finger at

blows whistle on

hangs something on

lays at one's door

sends up the river

expostulates about

protests strongly at

opposes strongly

takes a stand against

raises objections to

complains vociferously about

speaks out against

complains about

disagrees violently with

declaims against

makes a stand against

makes a fuss about

takes great exception to

puts up a fight against

makes a protest against

remonstrates about

complains bitterly about

rants and raves

mouths off about

animadverts upon

vociferates about

protests against

gives some stick to

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