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What is another word for hauling over the coals?

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Verb

Present participle for to express anger with someone in no uncertain terms when they do something wrong

tearing off a strip

giving someone a dressing-down

giving someone a telling-off

raking over the coals

rapping over the knuckles

reading the riot act

tearing a strip off

giving a rocket

giving someone a bollocking

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone an earful

giving someone a rating

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a rollicking

giving someone a telling off

giving someone a wigging

giving someone hell

letting someone have it

tearing someone a new one

giving someone some stick

giving someone what for

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

remonstrating with

giving a talking-to

giving someone a row

giving someone a caning

railing against

putting on the mat

finding fault with

fulminating against

jumping down one's throat

slapping someone's wrist

picking holes in

giving a piece of one's mind

calling on the carpet

taking to the woodshed

coming down hard on

giving some stick to

biting someone's head off

calling over the coals

calling to account

bringing to book

laying down the law

giving a going over

nitpicking over

picking to pieces

taking to pieces

sounding off about

climbing all over

slapping on wrist

quibbling about

snapping someone's head off

whingeing about

animadverting on

strongly criticizing

drawing the line

grouching about

finding lacking

complaining about

vituperating against

rapping on knuckles

bellyaching about

telling a thing or two

giving someone a bad press

disapproving of

reprimanding severely

raking over coals

giving tongue-lashing

having words with

tearing to shreds

sending someone away with a flea in his

lowering the boom

giving the dickens

dragging over the coals

criticizing severely

rapping someone the knuckles

passing strictures upon

criticizing hatefully

giving one hell

giving someone a carpeting

jumping all over

giving piece of mind

giving going-over

giving the business

jumping down someone's throat

having someone on the carpet

teaching a lesson

making an example of

criticizing strongly

meting out punishment to

giving a hard time

taking down a peg

burning one's ears

looking askance

casting aspersions on

pouring scorn on

throwing brickbats at

pulling to pieces

nitpicking about

inveighing against

giving a bad press to

pointing the finger

giving comeuppance

giving the devil

dishonouring^UK

calling to task

expressing disapproval of

rapping across the knuckles

severely reprimanding

throwing the book at

coming down on like a ton of bricks

giving someone stick

jumping on one's case

assaulting verbally

going for the jugular

disagreeing with

holding someone to blame

holding accountable

holding responsible

rapping knuckles

stigmatizing^US

stigmatising^UK

speaking ill of

tearing to pieces

giving something a bad press

taking issue with

dragging through the mud

thundering against

bringing into disrepute

speaking evil of

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

giving a black eye

doing a hatchet job on

giving a bad name

spreading lies about

throwing mud at

sullying the reputation of

blackening the reputation of

conducting a smear campaign against

blackening the name of

casting a slur on

giving a tongue-lashing

criticizing harshly

speaking badly of

delivering a tirade to

doing a number on

cutting to the quick

hurling insults at

sounding off to

reviewing unfavorably

bringing under fire

giving something a battering

cracking down on

making a protest to

declaring unfit

blowing whistle on

hanging something on

pointing finger at

laying at one's door

sending up the river

expostulating about

opposing strongly

protesting strongly at

putting up a fight against

remonstrating about

declaiming against

disagreeing violently with

making a fuss about

kicking against

complaining vociferously about

taking great exception to

speaking out against

complaining bitterly about

making a protest against

taking a stand against

making a stand against

raising objections to

ranting and raving

mouthing off about

protesting against

animadverting upon

vociferating about

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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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