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[1] |
scold
,
reproach
,
admonish
,
reprove
,
reprimand
,
lecture
,
censure
,
chide
,
reprehend
,
berate
,
castigate
,
criticize
,
take to task
,
upbraid
,
revile
,
(Colloq) dress down
,
bawl out
,
give (someone) a piece of one's mind
,
haul (someone) over the coals
,
let (someone) have it
,
give (someone) hell/what for
,
tell (someone) off
,
tell (someone) where to get off
,
(Brit) carpet
,
tear (someone) off a strip
,
tick (someone) off
,
wig
,
blow (someone) up
,
give (someone) a wigging
,
(US/Canadian) rake (someone) over the coals
,
give (someone) the business
,
chew out
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[2] |
call on the carpet
,
take to task
,
rag
,
trounce
,
reproof
,
lecture
,
reprimand
,
jaw
,
dress down
,
call down
,
scold
,
chide
,
berate
,
bawl out
,
remonstrate
,
chew out
,
chew up
,
have words
,
lambaste
,
lambast
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