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Verb

To express great anger toward (a person) for some perceived offence or shortcoming

hauls over the coals

gives someone a dressing down

gives someone a bollocking

lets someone have it

raps over the knuckles

tears a strip off

tears off a strip

reads the riot act

gives someone a telling off

gives someone an earful

gives someone a mouthful

rakes over the coals

gives someone a rollicking

sends someone away with a flea in their ear

gives someone a roasting

gives someone some stick

gives someone hell

gives someone what for

gives someone a dressing-down

gives someone a telling-off

gives someone a rating

gives someone a wigging

remonstrates with

gives a talking-to

gives someone a row

gives someone a caning

puts on the mat

finds fault with

fulminates against

slaps someone's wrist

jumps down one's throat

gives a piece of one's mind

calls on the carpet

takes to the woodshed

comes down hard on

calls to account

bites someone's head off

lays down the law

gives some stick to

calls over the coals

sounds off about

gives a going over

strongly criticizes

picks to pieces

raps on knuckles

vituperates against

tells a thing or two

gives someone a bad press

takes to pieces

complains about

snaps someone's head off

climbs all over

bellyaches about

reprimands severely

rakes over coals

gives tongue-lashing

tears to shreds

sends someone away with a flea in his

gives the dickens

lowers the boom

drags over the coals

criticizea severely

raps someone the knuckles

passes strictures upon

gives someone a carpeting

criticizes hatefully

gives going-over

gives piece of mind

gives the business

jumps down someone's throat

has someone on the carpet

criticizea strongly

metes out punishment to

teaches a lesson

makes an example of

takes down a peg

gives a hard time

burns one's ears

throws brickbats at

gives a bad press to

casts aspersions on

pulls to pieces

inveighs against

points the finger

gives the devil

gives comeuppance

expresses disapproval of

raps across the knuckles

severely reprimands

comes down on like a ton of bricks

gives someone stick

throws the book at

jumps on one's case

goes for the jugular

assaultsq verbally

holds someone to blame

holds accountable

holds responsible

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tears to pieces

tears to shreds

tears up by the roots

tears up the miles

tear someone a new one

tears off a strip

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