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Present participle for to attack someone physically

Present participle for to rebuke or criticize someone verbally

Present participle for to shoot someone or something with a gun

Present participle for to express a different opinion

Present participle for to accuse of wrongdoing

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Verb

Present participle for to attack someone physically

getting stuck into

knocking around

beating the living daylights out of

knocking into the middle of next week

sticking one on

giving someone a beating

raining blows on

giving someone a hiding

giving someone a good hiding

giving someone a drubbing

giving someone a good drubbing

giving someone a good beating

launching an attack on

launching oneself at

making an assault on

sucker-punching

striking out at

descending upon

beating someone up

taking a pop at

assaulting physically

knocking for a loop

knocking block off

jumping down one's throat

aiming blows at

slapping around

physically attacking

putting in the hospital

giving a black eye

riding roughshod

raining blows upon

cracking against

dashing against

beating to a pulp

meeting head-on

knocking against

hitting repeatedly

giving someone a hot bottom

putting over one's knee

laying a finger on

tanning one's hide

warming someone's seat

dusting someone's britches

hitting for six

boxing someone's ears

landing a punch

striking with a stick

beating with a stick

connecting with

knocking someone's lights out

beating someone's brains out

crashing against

coming into collision with

causing pain to

causing injury to

striking head-on

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“Jimmy instructed his henchmen to let his embezzling ex-accountant have it if they ever managed to get their hands on him.”

Verb

Present participle for to rebuke or criticize someone verbally

remonstrating with

hauling over the coals

reading the riot act

giving a talking-to

giving someone a dressing-down

giving someone a telling-off

giving a rocket

giving someone an earful

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a bollocking

giving someone a rollicking

rapping over the knuckles

giving someone a caning

giving someone hell

giving someone a wigging

tearing off a strip

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone some stick

giving someone a row

giving someone what for

giving someone a rating

putting on the mat

taking to the woodshed

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

railing against

raking over the coals

jumping down one's throat

giving a piece of one's mind

slapping someone's wrist

calling on the carpet

finding fault with

coming down hard on

inveighing against

tearing a strip off

giving a going over

climbing all over

slapping on wrist

fulminating against

strongly criticizing

drawing the line

rapping on knuckles

telling a thing or two

bringing to book

laying down the law

reprimanding severely

raking over coals

giving tongue-lashing

sending someone away with a flea in his

lowering the boom

giving the dickens

dragging over the coals

criticizing severely

rapping someone the knuckles

giving someone a telling off

tearing someone a new one

rapping across the knuckles

severely reprimanding

criticizing hatefully

giving one hell

giving someone a carpeting

jumping all over

teaching a lesson

making an example of

criticizing strongly

meting out punishment to

throwing the book at

coming down on like a ton of bricks

giving someone stick

calling to account

giving a hard time

taking down a peg

burning one's ears

giving the business

jumping down someone's throat

biting someone's head off

having someone on the carpet

calling over the coals

rapping knuckles

blowing whistle on

hanging something on

pointing finger at

giving something a bad press

declaring unfit

laying at one's door

giving someone a bad press

sending up the river

erupting with anger

keeping nothing back

cracking down on

casting aspersions on

pulling to pieces

taking to pieces

pouring scorn on

picking holes in

throwing brickbats at

doing a hatchet job on

speaking ill of

disapproving of

dragging through the mud

nitpicking about

picking to pieces

giving a bad press to

speaking evil of

throwing mud at

animadverting on

vituperating against

detracting from

speaking badly of

passing strictures upon

going for the jugular

tearing to shreds

tearing to pieces

giving some stick to

stigmatizing^US

bringing into disrepute

spreading lies about

sullying the reputation of

blackening the reputation of

blackening the name of

giving a bad name

conducting a smear campaign against

stigmatising^UK

marginalising^UK

underestimating

finding lacking

marginalizing^US

doing a number on

nitpicking over

passing judgment

giving a tongue-lashing

taking a swipe at

having words with

giving someone bondi

giving something a battering

cutting to bits

complaining about

giving bad press

giving piece of mind

giving going-over

giving a black eye

pointing the finger

giving comeuppance

giving the devil

dishonouring^UK

calling to task

expressing disapproval of

thundering against

jumping on one's case

snapping someone's head off

assaulting verbally

disagreeing with

expressing disapprobation

thinking badly of

expressing disapprobation of

trivializing^US

trivialising^UK

putting hooks in

making light of

treating lightly

looking askance

having your knife in

holding forth against

throwing stones at

taking swipe at

protesting against

mouthing off about

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

animadverting upon

vociferating about

ranting and raving

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“Thinking of something spiteful to say regarding the vodka, she was about to let him have it when something prevented her from launching into a tirade.”

Verb

Present participle for to shoot someone or something with a gun

Verb

Present participle for to express a different opinion

Verb

Present participle for to accuse of wrongdoing

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