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To persuade someone to do something

To criticize or scold sternly

Plural for the bone of the lower jaw

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Verb

To persuade someone to do something

Verb

To criticize or scold sternly

remonstrates with

gives someone a bollocking

lets someone have it

gives a talking-to

hauls over the coals

reads the riot act

gives someone a caning

jumps down one's throat

calls on the carpet

gives someone a row

gives someone a wigging

climbs all over

gives someone a mouthful

raps over the knuckles

gives someone a dressing-down

gives someone an earful

gives someone a roasting

gives someone a rollicking

gives someone a telling-off

gives someone hell

tears off a strip

gives someone a rating

gives someone what for

bites someone's head off

snaps someone's head off

gives comeuppance

expresses disapproval of

finds fault with

points the finger

gives someone some stick

gives the devil

slaps someone's wrist

rakes over the coals

sends someone away with a flea in their ear

puts on the mat

gives a piece of one's mind

calls to account

tears a strip off

lays down the law

takes to the woodshed

comes down hard on

gives a going over

strongly criticizes

tells a thing or two

raps on knuckles

criticizea severely

reprimands severely

rakes over coals

gives someone a dressing down

tears someone a new one

gives someone a telling off

gives tongue-lashing

throws the book at

brings to account

raps across the knuckles

severely reprimands

takes down a peg

gives a hard time

burns one's ears

gives someone a carpeting

criticizes hatefully

comes down on like a ton of bricks

gives someone stick

gives the business

jumps down someone's throat

has someone on the carpet

criticizea strongly

metes out punishment to

teaches a lesson

makes an example of

sends someone away with a flea in his

gives the dickens

lowers the boom

gives going-over

gives piece of mind

takes disciplinary action against

gives an injunction to

gives someone a ticking-off

puts on the carpet

drags over the coals

raps someone the knuckles

puts someone in their place

takes down a peg or two

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Noun

Plural for the bone of the lower jaw

“French and American paleotologists held that the jawbone and skull were obviously from two different animals and that their discovery was an accident of placement.”

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