| v. |
| [1] |
reprimand
,
chide
,
reprove
,
upbraid
,
criticize
,
censure
,
find fault (with)
,
rebuke
,
reproach
,
lecture
,
berate
,
rate
,
castigate
,
take (someone) to task
,
find fault with
,
rap (someone's) knuckles
,
slap (someone's) wrist
,
(Colloq) bawl out
,
dress down
,
give (someone) hell
,
give (someone) what for
,
jump on (someone)
,
jump down (someone's) throat
,
call (someone) to account
,
bring (someone) to book
,
let (someone) have it with both barrels
,
give (someone) a piece of (one's) mind
,
give (someone) a tongue-lashing/a talking-to
,
give (someone) a hard time
,
rake/haul (someone) over the coals
,
tell (someone) off
,
tick (someone) off
,
skin (someone) alive
,
call/have (someone) on the carpet
,
light/rip/tear/lace/sail into (someone)
,
(US) chew out
,
jump all over (someone)
,
(Brit) carpet
|
| [2] |
call on the carpet
,
take to task
,
rebuke
,
rag
,
trounce
,
reproof
,
lecture
,
reprimand
,
jaw
,
dress down
,
call down
,
chide
,
berate
,
bawl out
,
remonstrate
,
chew out
,
chew up
,
have words
,
lambaste
,
lambast
|
| [3] |
grouch
,
grumble
|
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