“Whether you choose to paint, stain, shellac, or just leave the natural color depends on the type of wood from which you built the project and how you want it to weather.”

Verb

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Present participle for to be convincingly victorious over

trouncing

wiping the floor with

running circles around

beating the pants off

taking to the cleaners

pulverizing^US

pulverising^UK

giving someone a drubbing

defeating utterly

subduing

bringing someone to their knees

tanking

overcoming

blowing out of the water

triumphing over

getting the better of

walking all over

winning a resounding victory over

mastering

subjugating

giving someone a hiding

giving someone a pasting

gaining a victory over

pummelling^UK

running roughshod over

putting an end to

winning a victory over

getting the upper hand

dominating

disposing of

knocking the stuffing out of

gaining the advantage over

putting someone in their place

throwing back in confusion

going one better than

gaining ascendancy over

bringing under the yoke

sitting on

putting the kibosh on

licking the pants off

gaining the upper hand over

getting the upper hand over

overpassing

shooting ahead

shaking off

beating the daylights out of

putting the squeeze on

tyrannizing^US

colonizing^US

colonising^UK

tyrannising^UK

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“Nobody wants to hear how badly your team will shellac its opponents, especially before the game even starts.”

Verb

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Present participle for to apply a veneer or layer to

Verb

Present participle for to criticize (someone or something) harshly

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

hauling over the coals

giving someone a dressing-down

raking over the coals

ripping into

fulminating against

slagging off

calling over the coals

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone a roasting

giving someone an earful

rapping over the knuckles

giving a rocket

giving someone a rollicking

tearing off a strip

giving someone a wigging

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone what for

wigging

giving someone a rating

remonstrating with

letting someone have it

giving someone hell

giving a talking-to

rowing

giving someone a bollocking

giving someone a caning

giving someone a row

coming down on

giving someone some stick

slapping down

blowing up

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

slapping someone's wrist

finding fault with

calling on the carpet

giving a piece of one's mind

taking to the woodshed

pummelling^UK

jumping down one's throat

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

telling a thing or two

biting someone's head off

reprimanding severely

counseling^US

counselling^UK

giving tongue-lashing

giving someone a telling off

tearing someone a new one

expostulating

throwing the book at

carping on

snapping someone's head off

criticizing hatefully

giving someone a carpeting

meting out punishment to

coming down on like a ton of bricks

giving someone stick

sending someone away with a flea in his

dishonoring^US

jumping down someone's throat

having someone on the carpet

expressing disapproval of

casting aspersions on

dragging over the coals

criticizing severely

laying out

rapping someone the knuckles

throwing brickbats at

passing strictures upon

giving a bad press to

nagging at

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