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What is another word for rake over coals?

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Verb

(idiomatic) To admonish or scold

remonstrate with

give someone a bollocking

let someone have it

haul over the coals

give someone a caning

give someone a row

give someone a wigging

give someone some stick

read the riot act

give someone a mouthful

rap over the knuckles

give a talking-to

give someone a dressing-down

give someone an earful

give someone a roasting

give someone a rollicking

give someone a telling-off

give someone hell

tear off a strip

give someone a rating

give someone what for

send someone away with a flea in their ear

rake over the coals

find fault with

fulminate against

slap on the wrist

tear a strip off

give a piece of one's mind

slap someone's wrist

call on the carpet

jump down one's throat

inveigh against

cast aspersions on

take to the woodshed

lay down the law

come down hard on

call over the coals

give a bad press to

bite someone's head off

call to account

pass strictures upon

give the business

criticize severely

vituperate against

throw brickbats at

give a going over

tell a thing or two

rap on knuckles

give someone a bad press

give some stick to

strongly criticize

snap someone's head off

reprimand severely

give tongue-lashing

have words with

criticize harshly

rap across the knuckles

severely reprimand

give a tongue-lashing

rap someone the knuckles

drag over the coals

take down a peg

give a hard time

burn one's ears

lose one's temper with

have someone on the carpet

jump down someone's throat

give someone a carpeting

criticize hatefully

send someone away with a flea in his

give the dickens

tear someone a new one

give someone a dressing down

give someone a telling off

give going-over

give piece of mind

criticize strongly

mete out punishment to

make an example of

give comeuppance

point the finger

express disapproval of

throw the book at

come down on like a ton of bricks

give someone stick

give something a bad press

declaim against

drag through the mud

give a black eye

conduct a smear campaign against

blacken the name of

bring into disrepute

do a hatchet job on

spread lies about

give a bad name

sully the reputation of

blacken the reputation of

put on the carpet

take disciplinary action against

assault verbally

jump on one's case

go for the jugular

take issue with

kick up a stink about

protest against

take exception to

make a fuss about

kick up a fuss about

remonstrate against

give something a battering

raise objections to

take a stand against

express a poor opinion of

expostulate about

mouth off about

oppose strongly

animadvert upon

bellyache about

sound off about

lodge a protest against

express disagreement with

be in opposition to

take a swipe at

complain vociferously about

speak out against

cut down to size

give a rough time

bring under fire

review unfavorably

show someone up

expose to ridicule

protest strongly

blacken someone's reputation

hold up to shame

give someone bondi

comment negatively

deliver a tirade to

express strong disapproval of

cast aspersions

keep nothing back

erupt with anger

shoot full of holes

cut to the quick

speak of with disfavour

be unkind about

express disapprobation

blacken the character of

express disapprobation of

be malicious about

injure one's reputation

damage one's good name

point finger at

hang something on

blow whistle on

lay at one's door

object strongly to

send up the river

hold someone to blame

hold accountable

hold responsible

raise objections

express objections

protest strongly at

express disagreement

lodge a protest

express objections to

express disapproval

be in opposition

thunder against

disagree violently with

vociferate about

remonstrate about

call into question

have a problem with

make a protest against

make a stand against

put up a fight against

complain bitterly about

take great exception to

make an objection

kick up a stink

raise objection

draw the line at

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