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[1] |
beat
,
cane
,
flog
,
whip
,
scourge
,
lambast
,
flog
,
lash
,
maul
,
horsewhip
,
cane
,
birch
,
thrash
,
bludgeon
,
trounce
,
drub
,
pummel
,
batter
,
belabour
,
cudgel
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[2] |
censure
,
call on the carpet
,
take to task
,
rebuke
,
scold
,
rebuke
,
rag
,
reprimand
,
chide
,
trounce
,
reproof
,
admonish
,
reprove
,
lecture
,
reprimand
,
upbraid
,
berate
,
jaw
,
dress down
,
scold
,
revile
,
call down
,
scold
,
attack
,
castigate
,
chide
,
berate
,
flay
,
(Colloq) dress down
,
bawl out
,
remonstrate
,
get on (someone's) back
,
rake/haul over the coals
,
chew out
,
chew up
,
(US) call down
,
(Slang) chew/bawl out
,
have words
,
lambast
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