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Verb

Past tense for to express anger with someone in no uncertain terms when they do something wrong

tore off a strip

torn off a strip

gave someone a dressing-down

given someone a dressing-down

gave someone a telling-off

given someone a telling-off

raked over the coals

rapped over the knuckles

read the riot act

tore a strip off

torn a strip off

gave someone a bollocking

given someone a bollocking

gave someone a dressing down

given someone a dressing down

gave someone a mouthful

given someone a mouthful

gave someone an earful

given someone an earful

gave someone a rating

given someone a rating

gave someone a roasting

given someone a roasting

gave someone a rollicking

given someone a rollicking

gave someone a telling off

given someone a telling off

gave someone a wigging

given someone a wigging

gave someone hell

given someone hell

let someone have it

tore someone a new one

torn someone a new one

gave someone some stick

given someone some stick

gave someone what for

given someone what for

sent someone away with a flea in their ear

remonstrated with

given a talking-to

gave a talking-to

found fault with

given someone a row

gave someone a row

given someone a caning

gave someone a caning

fulminated against

jumped down one's throat

slapped someone's wrist

picked holes in

called on the carpet

come down hard on

brought to book

laid down the law

called over the coals

called to account

given a piece of one's mind

gave a piece of one's mind

bellyached about

rapped on knuckles

vituperated against

took to the woodshed

sounded off about

strongly criticized

slapped on wrist

snapped someone's head off

complained about

climbed all over

cast aspersions on

told a thing or two

picked to pieces

taken to the woodshed

reprimanded severely

came down hard on

bit someone's head off

bitten someone's head off

gave some stick to

given some stick to

pulled to pieces

lowered the boom

passed strictures upon

criticized hatefully

jumped all over

inveighed against

gave a going over

given a going over

pointed the finger

expressed disapproval of

taken to pieces

severely reprimanded

poured scorn on

held responsible

rapped knuckles

held accountable

given someone a bad press

animadverted on

gave someone a bad press

burned one's ears

come down on like a ton of bricks

held someone to blame

nitpicked about

raked over coals

dragged over the coals

rapped someone the knuckles

jumped down someone's throat

sent someone away with a flea in his

meted out punishment to

had someone on the carpet

jumped on one's case

rapped across the knuckles

made an example of

criticizes severely

taught a lesson

gave the dickens

given the dickens

gave tongue-lashing

given tongue-lashing

given the business

gave the business

gave comeuppance

given comeuppance

given the devil

criticizes strongly

criticized strongly

gave a bad press to

thrown brickbats at

threw brickbats at

given a bad press to

given going-over

gave piece of mind

given piece of mind

gave going-over

given someone a carpeting

gave someone a carpeting

gone for the jugular

went for the jugular

assaulted verbally

gave someone stick

given someone stick

thrown the book at

came down on like a ton of bricks

threw the book at

taken down a peg

given a hard time

took down a peg

gave a hard time

spread lies about

cut to the quick

dragged through the mud

thundered against

brought into disrepute

kicked up a fuss about

kicked up a stink about

blackened the name of

sullied the reputation of

blackened the reputation of

conducted a smear campaign against

put up a fight against

delivered a tirade to

hung something on

pointed finger at

laid at one's door

sent up the river

given something a bad press

gave something a bad press

ranted and raved

made a protest to

criticized harshly

taken issue with

took issue with

mouthed off about

expostulated about

hurled insults at

protested strongly at

opposed strongly

gave a black eye

given a black eye

animadverted upon

protested against

vociferated about

did a hatchet job on

done a hatchet job on

gave a bad name

made a fuss about

remonstrated about

complained vociferously about

declaimed against

made a stand against

disagreed violently with

given a bad name

brought under fire

cracked down on

made a protest against

reviewed unfavorably

raised objections to

complained bitterly about

blown whistle on

blew whistle on

done a number on

did a number on

gave a tongue-lashing

given a tongue-lashing

spoken badly of

given something a battering

gave something a battering

taken great exception to

took a stand against

spoke out against

spoken out against

took great exception to

taken a stand against

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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.”

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