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What is another word for gives someone what for?

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Contexts

To rebuke someone angrily

To punish severely

Verb

To rebuke someone angrily

lets someone have it

gives a piece of one's mind

gives someone a telling-off

hauls over the coals

gives someone a roasting

gives someone a dressing-down

gives someone an earful

gives someone a rollicking

tears off a strip

reads the riot act

raps over the knuckles

gives someone a bollocking

gives someone a mouthful

gives someone a wigging

gives someone a rating

gives a talking-to

gives someone hell

remonstrates with

gives someone a caning

gives someone a row

gives someone some stick

sends someone away with a flea in their ear

puts on the mat

rakes over the coals

slaps someone's wrist

calls on the carpet

takes to the woodshed

finds fault with

jumps down one's throat

comes down hard on

tears a strip off

bites someone's head off

lays down the law

gives a going over

strongly criticizes

raps on knuckles

tells a thing or two

climbs all over

rakes over coals

gives tongue-lashing

sends someone away with a flea in his

gives the dickens

lowers the boom

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

reprimands severely

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

gives piece of mind

gives going-over

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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“She gave him what for all right. But you could see she was ever so pleased and she went around telling everybody about it.”

Verb

To punish severely

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gives some stick to

gives something a bad press

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gives someone trouble

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gives someone to believe

gives someone tips

gives someone the works

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