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put someone in their place
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To browbeat or reprimand someone harshly, usually in front of other people
To beat in a contest
To shame or humiliate someone
Verb
▲
To browbeat or reprimand someone harshly, usually in front of other people
slap down
admonish
reprimand
reproach
scold
rebuke
browbeat
deflate
tell off
take to task
tick off
put down
take down a peg or two
have a go at
berate
upbraid
reprove
chide
chastise
lambaste
criticize
US
censure
dress down
bawl out
read the riot act
haul over the coals
lay into
let someone have it
chew out
criticise
UK
carpet
castigate
pull up
remonstrate with
trim
give a talking-to
give someone an earful
give someone a telling-off
lace into
give a rocket
rate
give someone hell
give someone a dressing-down
give someone a roasting
pitch into
give someone a rollicking
rap over the knuckles
objurgate
call down
give someone a mouthful
give someone a wigging
give someone what for
give someone a bollocking
tear off a strip
give someone a rating
rap
rag
keelhaul
blast
monster
bollock
reprehend
give someone a caning
ream out
give someone a row
lecture
wig
row
come down on
give someone some stick
send someone away with a flea in their ear
blow up
put on the mat
tear into
rail against
lambast
tongue-lash
rail at
baste
blame
flay
rant at
score
jaw
hammer
slap on the wrist
condemn
denounce
jump on
call on the carpet
nag
slate
blow up at
slap someone's wrist
go on at
check
flame
jump down one's throat
take to the woodshed
chasten
ream
abuse
caution
find fault with
rake over the coals
diss
talk to
monish
rail
vituperate
give a piece of one's mind
yell at
discipline
pummel
US
draw the line
revile
reprobate
attack
give a going over
tell a thing or two
excoriate
lash
rap on knuckles
trounce
bite someone's head off
rip
pummelled
UK
bring to book
lesson
slap on wrist
light into
speak to
strongly criticize
climb all over
come down hard on
lean on
ferule
sort out
accuse
rake over coals
lower the boom
send someone away with a flea in his
give the dickens
bag
pan
knock
skin
denunciate
slam
potshot
belabour
UK
rap someone the knuckles
bash
scathe
assail
drag over the coals
belabor
US
trash
criticize severely
lay out
savage
zap
oppose
carp on
sound off
go after
fry
jawbone
snap someone's head off
tear apart
rake
harangue
scorch
give someone a carpeting
eat out
slang
blister
criticize hatefully
tear a strip off
shout at
cuss out
give one hell
jump all over
chew
mete out punishment to
criticize strongly
be hard on
rag on
tear down
teach a lesson
make an example of
pick on
visit
call to account
harass
find fault
give a hard time
take down a peg
exprobate
take down
get after
get on
burn one's ears
objurate
lose one's temper with
preach
have someone on the carpet
disparage
asperse
give the business
vilify
cavil
recriminate
lay down the law
expostulate
jump down someone's throat
keep after
threap
taunt
adjure
come down on like a ton of bricks
correct
warn
counsel
throw the book at
speak
give someone stick
advise
slag off
fulminate against
pillory
inveigh against
denigrate
roast
crucify
rip into
rubbish
bad-mouth
run down
smear
decry
impugn
skewer
malign
fulminate
rave at
slash
slur
derogate
arraign
cut up
slander
curse
defame
call over the coals
calumniate
backbite
fault
execrate
pull to pieces
vituperate against
sail into
cast aspersions on
insult
slight
scorn
rollick
remonstrate
minimize
US
discount
libel
contemn
slag
punish
scourge
lam into
traduce
dispraise
rant
discredit
complain
persecute
oppress
protest
inveigh
dis
besmirch
declaim
wade into
take apart
deprecate
stigmatize
US
hose
minimise
UK
let fly at
ostracize
US
stigmatise
UK
ostracise
UK
maul
swear at
pull apart
let fly
express disapproval of
take issue with
lash out at
carp at
pour scorn on
hit out at
animadvert on
give some stick to
declaim against
call out
reprimand severely
cane
exprobrate
lampoon
attask
moralise
UK
moralize
US
chew off
set upon
ridicule
satirize
US
dress-down
take to pieces
vilipend
cudgel
slap
deride
shellac
strike
hit
smother
explode
rap knuckles
satirise
UK
belittle
tear to pieces
cast a slur on
dishonor
US
twit
dishonour
UK
disgrace
disapprove
proscribe
blacken someone's reputation
give a tongue-lashing
earbash
offend
rile
growl
criticize harshly
give tongue-lashing
animadvert
rebuff
incriminate
accost
have words with
have words
lash out
reject
lay on
give comeuppance
rap across the knuckles
severely reprimand
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
deplore
call to task
point the finger
dig into
storm
rage
anathematize
rank on
give going-over
give piece of mind
ride
zing
injure
miscall
scream at
round on
prosecute
give the devil
impeach
show up
give something a bad press
indict
charge with
deliver a tirade to
yelp
yap
bawl
cry down
keep nothing back
erupt with anger
tie into
bring to account
beat up on
give an injunction to
give someone a ticking-off
bark at
lash into
sound off to
be rude to
call names
do a number on
blow off
cut down
cut to the quick
dump on
give a black eye
trash-talk
look askance
pick apart
have at
work over
crack down on
argue with
make a protest to
have a word with
talk with
have stern words with
speak sternly to
thunder
vociferate
kick
fume
challenge
sledge
object
whip
complain about
expostulate about
protest strongly at
make a fuss about
make a stand against
kick up a fuss about
thunder against
object to
raise objections to
make a protest against
complain vociferously about
disagree violently with
oppose strongly
put up a fight against
kick up a stink about
rage against
kick against
complain bitterly about
take a stand against
speak out against
kick up
remonstrate about
take great exception to
pick holes in
throw brickbats at
nitpick about
disapprove of
give a bad press to
cavil at
give flak to
bag on
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Verb
▲
To beat in a contest
best
beat
defeat
conquer
knock off
overcome
triumph over
trounce
prevail over
put away
rout
take down
beat up
cream
crush
drub
floor
overthrow
overwhelm
subdue
take care of
thrash
total
trash
vanquish
whip
wipe the floor with
blast
deck
demolish
knock out
KO
lick
shut down
smash
wallop
waste
wipe out
bulldoze
clobber
lambaste
master
shoot down
tan
wax
checkmate
humble
quell
whomp
annihilate
blow away
blow out
dispatch
edge out
flatten
outfight
overbear
overmatch
overpower
slaughter
subjugate
unseat
upend
upset
win against
blow out of the water
put in the shade
run rings around
tank
undo
pip at the post
worst
stuff
quash
pulverize
US
hammer
paste
repress
pound
triumph
skunk
destroy
cane
surmount
trim
massacre
foil
murder
take
stop
get
thwart
circumvent
own
frustrate
outwit
slam
shellac
reduce
pulverise
UK
zap
confound
discomfit
override
throw
overmaster
put down
be victorious over
rise above
bring someone to their knees
succeed over
get the better of
get around
walk all over
turn inside out
bring to knees
trample underfoot
give someone a drubbing
take to the cleaners
give someone a hiding
wipe off the map
do down
make mincemeat of
suppress
dominate
crucify
kill
outdo
surpass
check
extinguish
squash
control
silence
bury
marmalize
put an end to
outclass
subordinate
squelch
curb
smother
overturn
better
crack down on
outplay
skin
snuff out
snow under
stamp out
clamp down on
outstrip
slap down
end
beat hollow
excel
top
outshine
subject
swamp
put a stop to
gain mastery over
pacify
bear down
smoke
overrun
whup
terminate
whop
trample
transcend
whap
abolish
break
torpedo
dust
bomb
tromp
ruin
tame
defeat utterly
oppress
gain ascendancy over
prevail
win a resounding victory over
beat down
hurdle
win
exceed
finish
govern
nip in the bud
sink
gain a victory over
walk over
rule
outperform
devastate
overshadow
gain control of
obliterate
inhibit
be victorious
go one better than
down
bring to heel
put the lid on
hegemonize
bust
drop
subvert
pommel
quench
stifle
outmaneuver
US
outmanoeuvre
UK
tyrannize
US
outrun
win over
get over
arrest
domineer
stem
eclipse
render incapable
render helpless
render powerless
knock for a loop
wreck
pick apart
hold sway over
take it all
do better than
grind down
strangle
tyrannise
UK
bring under the yoke
give someone a pasting
get rid of
block out
put the kibosh on
put out
rein in
trample on
bridle
negotiate
restrain
topple
chasten
enslave
halt
steamroll
whack
resist
whitewash
flog
direct
slay
edge
command
route
shipwreck
outhit
decimate
entrap
outjump
flax
outflank
butcher
ambush
extirpate
knock over
regulate
pass
work over
plow under
intimidate
get through
cope with
nose out
run rings round
cap
steamroller
deal with
get the upper hand over
trump
put paid to
finish off
mow down
win a victory over
run roughshod over
get the upper hand
bully
break down
discontinue
bring to ruin
take to cleaners
roll back
dictate
influence
withhold
come out on top
run
gain control over
overrule
keep under thumb
overtop
prostrate
whelm
improve on
monopolize
US
outmatch
outgun
tower over
overtake
outdistance
knock spots off
preponderate
pwn
quelch
ice
ride roughshod over
monopolise
UK
push around
force down
exercise control over
hold in
bear down on
sit on
blot out
have the upper hand over
nullify
humiliate
outsmart
manage
weather
survive
solve
shock
stun
render
outlive
scrunch
squish
muller
capsize
turn over
negate
settle
spank
strike
dismantle
lick the pants off
come out on top of
knock your socks off
larrup
do in
gain the upper hand over
get a grip on
shatter
give a drubbing to
endure
break someone's spirit
make a fool of
outrank
deaden
baffle
run circles around
get one up on
mop up
take apart
slap about
shut out
drive off
improve upon
put to flight
beat back
gain the advantage over
bash
cut to pieces
make it past
make it over
blow
put to rout
clean up on
throw back in confusion
clamp down
bring to screeching halt
crack down
blow out of water
balk
US
lather
limit
hinder
be unstoppable by
put to shame
outpace
shake off
overpass
shame
shoot ahead
pour cold water on
throttle
throw cold water on
beat the daylights out of
lower the boom on
hose
outrival
wear down
find a solution to
find an answer to
tread
determine
put the squeeze on
tread on
be better than
shoot ahead of
knock down
smash down
predominate
oust
interrupt
defeat heavily
cook one's goose
fix one's wagon
wipe off the mat
cow
sweep
keep down
disable
cripple
undermine
enfeeble
bottle
clamp
shush
spike
be pre-eminent over
have command over
have control of
steer
have power over
countermove
depose
dethrone
corner
baulk
UK
cut off
queer
be successful
put lid on
keep inside
keep in
put kibosh on
bring to naught
drive underground
hold down
prevail against
stagger
immobilize
US
blank
stretch
shellack
dumbfound
overawe
immobilise
UK
be the victor
win out
carry the day
get last laugh
take the cake
win through
gain a victory
take the prize
come first
gain mastery of
take the honours
win hands down
take the crown
seize power
displace
take out
beat the stuffing out of
bring down
bowl over
shut off
roll over
lay out
contain
muffle
maltreat
persecute
abuse
conceal
torment
hound
submerge
boss
gag
lead
harass
hide
sway
pocket
torture
head
mistreat
browbeat
menace
handle
beat the tar out of
beat the crap out of
beat the daylight out of
knock the daylight out of
terrorize
US
victimize
US
threaten
swallow
preside over
brutalize
US
cork up
bite one's lip
fight back
keep back
choke back
bottle up
keep under control
button up
keep the lid on
bite back
hold back
keep in check
plague
push about
rule the roost
have ascendancy over
have the whip hand over
run the show
boss around
be in command of
take over
play first fiddle
be the boss of
call the tune
lead by the nose
have the upper hand in
have mastery over
be in charge of
be in control of
have one's way
have under one's thumb
boss about
call the shots
wear the trousers
be at the helm
have upper hand
lay down the law
rule the roost in
be in the saddle
head up
sit on top of
victimise
UK
brutalise
UK
terrorise
UK
ill-treat
treat harshly
be cruel to
be brutal to
rule over
tyrannize over
weigh heavy upon
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Verb
▲
To shame or humiliate someone
crush
humble
browbeat
humiliate
make someone eat humble pie
take down a peg or two
put down
cut down to size
shoot down in flames
make someone eat crow
settle someone's hash
chasten
degrade
shame
debase
disgrace
demean
abase
discredit
mortify
dishonour
UK
dishonor
US
take down
deflate
embarrass
squash
own
bring down
bring low
subdue
abash
lower
flatten
cheapen
sink
foul
show up
take down a peg
quash
smirch
discomfit
make a fool of
put to shame
cow
devalue
downgrade
belittle
chagrin
reduce
shoot down
cause to lose face
smear
snub
ridicule
defile
blot
make ashamed
get the better of
have the last laugh on
give a black eye
expose
tame
put in one's place
take the wind out of your sails
show in a bad light
reproach
disconcert
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
stain
taint
stigmatize
US
sully
defame
tarnish
denigrate
besmirch
blacken
slander
scandalize
US
injure
spot
besmear
disparage
drag through the mud
desecrate
drag through the mire
disfavor
US
disrespect
bring into disrepute
bring shame upon
disfavour
UK
slur
disregard
put in a bad light
stigmatise
UK
deride
give a bad name to
scandalise
UK
attaint
lose face
reflect badly on
mock
libel
derogate
bring shame on
tar and feather
break
tear down
bemean
silence
upset
squelch
overcome
demote
pull down
put away
strike dumb
cast down
pop one's balloon
make one feel small
make eat dirt
force to eat humble pie
fix someone's wagon
put one away
cut to the quick
bring down a peg
bring shame to
diminish
lower the status of
drag down
lessen
run down
make lose face
stoop
minimize
US
prostitute
dehumanize
US
minimise
UK
descend
undervalue
depreciate
dehumanise
UK
blemish
compromise
corrupt
debauch
detract from
mar
give a bad name
bring discredit to
blacken the name of
bring dishonour to
deign
condescend
blight
bastardize
US
demolish
ruin
take apart
lower in rank
take to bits
take to pieces
lower in status
dump on
slam
pan
blister
wither
rip
discountenance
profane
bastardise
UK
lower someone's status
lower someone's dignity
dispirit
relegate
confuse
vanquish
downplay
brand
dishearten
discourage
cast a slur
be prejudicial to
reduce the status of
declass
dismiss
betray
get one's comeuppance
succumb
play down
cut down
bump
set back
revert
cause to feel small
sell out
mark down
reduce to the ranks
kick downstairs
bust
be untrue to oneself
beat down
put out of countenance
abandon one's principles
disrate
kick in the teeth
lower oneself
lower yourself
debase oneself
be reduced
demean oneself
debase yourself
be reduced to
let wind out of sails
knock the stuffing out of
take down a notch
bring to knees
bring to terms
vilify
malign
calumniate
censure
soil
insult
mudsling
disesteem
cast aspersions on
do a hatchet job on
ruin the reputation of
pooh-pooh
bring into disfavour
blacken someone's name
destroy someone's credibility
damage someone's reputation
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put someone in their place
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