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What is another word for haul over the coals?

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Contexts

To express anger with someone in no uncertain terms when they do something wrong

The act of speaking to someone severely or angrily

Verb

To express anger with someone in no uncertain terms when they do something wrong

tear off a strip

give someone a dressing-down

give someone a telling-off

rake over the coals

rap over the knuckles

read the riot act

tear a strip off

give someone a bollocking

give someone a dressing down

give someone a mouthful

give someone an earful

give someone a rating

give someone a roasting

give someone a rollicking

give someone a telling off

give someone a wigging

give someone hell

let someone have it

tear someone a new one

give someone some stick

give someone what for

send someone away with a flea in their ear

remonstrate with

give a talking-to

give someone a row

give someone a caning

find fault with

slap on the wrist

fulminate against

slap someone's wrist

jump down one's throat

call on the carpet

give a piece of one's mind

take to the woodshed

come down hard on

call to account

bite someone's head off

call over the coals

give some stick to

lay down the law

give a going over

tell a thing or two

bellyache about

rap on knuckles

give someone a bad press

strongly criticize

sound off about

snap someone's head off

vituperate against

reprimand severely

rake over coals

give tongue-lashing

have words with

send someone away with a flea in his

give the dickens

rap someone the knuckles

drag over the coals

criticize severely

pass strictures upon

give someone a carpeting

criticize hatefully

give going-over

give piece of mind

give a hard time

take down a peg

burn one's ears

lose one's temper with

have someone on the carpet

give the business

jump down someone's throat

mete out punishment to

criticize strongly

make an example of

inveigh against

throw brickbats at

cast aspersions on

give a bad press to

give comeuppance

point the finger

express disapproval of

rap across the knuckles

severely reprimand

come down on like a ton of bricks

throw the book at

give someone stick

jump on one's case

assault verbally

go for the jugular

hold accountable

hold someone to blame

hold responsible

drag through the mud

do a hatchet job on

bring into disrepute

drag through the mire

give a bad name

bring discredit to

bring shame upon

give a black eye

reflect badly on

rip up and down

tar and feather

spread scandal about

run smear campaign

take issue with

declaim against

oppose strongly

make a fuss about

complain vociferously about

kick up a fuss about

take exception to

raise objections to

kick up a stink about

take a stand against

speak out against

remonstrate against

express a poor opinion of

expostulate about

protest strongly at

protest against

blacken the name of

spread lies about

sully the reputation of

blacken the reputation of

conduct a smear campaign against

disagree violently with

make a stand against

make a protest against

put up a fight against

complain bitterly about

remonstrate about

give a rough time

blacken someone's reputation

show someone up

expose to ridicule

hold up to shame

deliver a tirade to

criticize harshly

animadvert upon

drag through mud

drag someone's name through the mud

give something a bad press

give a tongue-lashing

bring to account

express strong disapproval of

take a swipe at

shoot full of holes

cut down to size

cut to the quick

object strongly to

lodge a protest against

express disagreement with

be in opposition to

be on at someone

put in a bad light

ruin the reputation of

damage someone's reputation

destroy someone's credibility

bring into disfavour

show in a bad light

blacken someone's name

thunder against

take great exception to

be hypercritical

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“He's only groveling now because he saw that his original rubbish apology wasn't cutting any ice, therefore we must continue to haul him over the coals forever.”

Noun

The act of speaking to someone severely or angrily

rap over the knuckles

being put in one's place

slap on the wrist

piece of your mind

flea in the ear

rap on the knuckles

oral punishment

a slap on the wrist

dissatisfaction

slap in the face

kick in the teeth

character assassination

verbal onslaught

stream of abuse

harsh criticism

slap on the wrists

bone of contention

stigmatisation^UK

stigmatization^US

verbal thrashing

verbal blasting

scathing indictment

excommunication

eat the head off someone

a tongue-lashing

a dressing-down

torrent of abuse

scathing condemnation

withering criticism

severe criticism

scathing criticism

threat of punishment

civil disobedience

blow to one's pride

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