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Past tense for to strike or hit repeatedly

Past tense for to publicly criticize or castigate harshly

Past tense for to express or describe in exaggerated terms

Past tense for to greatly emphasize a point or issue

Past tense for to excessively discuss or focus on a topic to the point of redundancy or futility

Past tense for to emphasize, stress, or indicate the importance of

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Verb

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Past tense for to strike or hit repeatedly

pummelled^UK

pummeled^US

cudgeled^US

cudgelled^UK

beat the living daylights out of

belaboured^UK

knocked into the middle of next week

beatbeat the living daylights out of the living daylights out of

gave someone a hiding

given someone a hiding

sticked one on

given someone a good hiding

gave someone a good hiding

brutalized^US

brutalised^UK

warmed someone's seat

dusted someone's britches

gave someone a beating

given someone a beating

given someone a drubbing

gave someone a drubbing

given someone a good beating

gave someone a good beating

gave someone a good drubbing

given someone a good drubbing

pulverized^US

pulverised^UK

brought someone to their knees

won a resounding victory over

mowed down

taken to the cleaners

inflicted suffering on

blew out of the water

made an assault on

shipwrecked

run rings round

launched an attack on

chastened

put on the rack

blown out of the water

knocked someone's lights out

jumped down one's throat

given someone the works

gave someone the works

beat someone's brains out

beaten someone's brains out

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“I belabor the punching bag at the gym to release all my stress and frustration.”

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Past tense for to publicly criticize or castigate harshly

criticized^US

criticised^UK

pummelled^UK

pummeled^US

hauled over the coals

libeled^US

libelled^UK

minimized^US

minimised^UK

rapped over the knuckles

tied into

pulled to pieces

jumped down one's throat

nitpicked about

put someone on the hot seat

put someone on the griddle

criticizes severely

ran down

gave someone a dressing-down

given someone a dressing-down

gave someone a bad press

gave someone a roasting

gave a rocket

tore a strip off

torn off a strip

given someone a roasting

given someone a bad press

satirized^US

belaboured^UK

satirised^UK

called over the coals

snapped someone's head off

sent someone away with a flea in their ear

laid out

given someone a bollocking

gave someone a rollicking

gave flak to

given someone a rollicking

trash-talked

dragged over the coals

rapped someone the knuckles

jumped down someone's throat

pinned your ears back

given flak to

slapped down

criticized harshly

gave someone a bollocking

burned someone's ears

bitten someone's head off

bit someone's head off

torn apart

given something a bad press

gave something a battering

gave someone bondi

torn to pieces

given someone bondi

given something a battering

tore apart

did a hatchet job on

tore to pieces

gave something a bad press

done a hatchet job on

gave someone a row

given someone a caning

gave someone a rating

blew up at

gave someone a caning

gave someone an earful

given someone a telling-off

came down on

given someone an earful

given someone a wigging

gave someone what for

gave someone a telling-off

gave someone some stick

gave someone a mouthful

given someone what for

given someone a row

given a talking-to

gave someone a wigging

given someone some stick

gave a talking-to

lay out

blown up at

given someone a mouthful

given someone a rating

dragged through the mud

stigmatized^US

stigmatised^UK

trivialized^US

dishonoured^UK

dishonored^US

trivialised^UK

scandalized^US

scandalised^UK

brought into disrepute

spoken evil of

spoke evil of

dragged through the mire

skinned alive

blackened the name of

passed strictures upon

caviled^US

cavilled^UK

ostracized^US

ostracised^UK

sullied the reputation of

swung at

swang at

blackened the reputation of

expressed a poor opinion of

remonstrated against

conducted a smear campaign against

put out of countenance

hurt somebody's feelings

looked down one's nose at

run a smear campaign against

taken the piss out of

regarded with disgust

demonized^US

demonised^UK

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

bedeviled^US

bedevilled^UK

made someone eat humble pie

charged with

blackened the character of

travestied

raved

blackened someone's name

flirted with

weighed up

treated with contempt

commented on

ran a smear campaign against

sneezed at

held accountable

brought low

treated disrespectfully

led on

pulled one's leg

settled someone's hash

held someone to blame

stepped on one's toes

dragged someone's name through the mud

made someone eat crow

gave a tongue-lashing

given a tongue-lashing

took the wind out of your sails

took down a peg or two

taken down a peg or two

taken the wind out of your sails

written a critique of

written up

given your opinion of

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“In his speech, the opposition politician chose to belabor the government's shortcomings, provoking a heated debate among the audience.”

Verb

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Past tense for to express or describe in exaggerated terms

labored^US

laboured^UK

dramatized^US

coloured^UK

belaboured^UK

dramatised^UK

colored^US

laid it on thick

laid it on with a trowel

made a big thing of

piled on

made a mountain out of a molehill

made a big deal out of something

made a production out of

made a production of

made a big thing about

blown up out of all proportion

blew up out of all proportion

made too much of something

expounded on

lingered over

placed too much emphasis on

made a federal case of

attached too much importance to

overstated the case

laid too much stress on

done over

did over

expressed emotion

attached too much weight to

emoted

blown something out of all proportion

blew something out of all proportion

gone on and on about

gone over the top about

went on and on about

went over the top about

given someone a sob story

gave someone a sob story

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“I didn't want to belabor the point, but he repeatedly exaggerated his accomplishments during the meeting.”

Verb

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Past tense for to greatly emphasize a point or issue

labored^US

laboured^UK

belaboured^UK

emphasised^UK

emphasized^US

made too much of something

expounded on

went on about

gone on about

attached too much importance to

attached too much weight to

placed too much emphasis on

made a federal case of

laid too much emphasis on

made a production out of

laid too much stress on

made a big thing about

laid it on with a trowel

made a big thing of

made a mountain out of a molehill

gone on and on about

blown up out of all proportion

gone over the top about

went on and on about

went over the top about

blew up out of all proportion

Verb

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Past tense for to excessively discuss or focus on a topic to the point of redundancy or futility

Verb

Past tense for to emphasize, stress, or indicate the importance of

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