“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

knocking the stuffing out of

gaining the advantage over

putting someone in their place

throwing back in confusion

going one better than

belabouring^UK

belaboring^US

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

getting the upper hand over

gaining ascendancy over

standing head and shoulders above

gaining the upper hand over

giving someone a beating

knocking into the middle of next week

giving someone a good hiding

giving someone a good drubbing

giving someone a good beating

beating the living daylights out of

letting someone have it

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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

calling over the coals

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

denouncing

deriding

hauling over the coals

giving someone a dressing-down

raking over the coals

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

letting someone have it

giving someone a telling-off

tearing off a strip

giving someone a roasting

rapping over the knuckles

giving someone an earful

giving someone a rollicking

giving someone a bollocking

blaming

wigging

bollocking

giving someone a wigging

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone a rating

giving someone what for

giving someone a caning

giving someone some stick

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

pummelling^UK

slapping someone's wrist

raving at

calling on the carpet

jumping down one's throat

disparaging

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

giving a piece of one's mind

taking to the woodshed

moralizing^US

moralising^UK

counseling^US

counselling^UK

dragging over the coals

laying out

rapping someone the knuckles

dishonoring^US

sending someone away with a flea in his

lowering the boom

giving the dickens

giving a tongue-lashing

criticizing hatefully

giving one hell

eating out

cussing out

giving someone a carpeting

expressing disapproval of

telling a thing or two

slapping on wrist

throwing the book at

rapping on knuckles

coming down on like a ton of bricks

giving someone stick

rapping across the knuckles

having words

severely reprimanding

jumping down someone's throat

biting someone's head off

having someone on the carpet

keeping after

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