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excoriate(verb, criticize, censure, reprimand, rebuke)
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find fault(verb, expression, abuse, condemn, blame)
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find fault with
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flog(verb, criticize, censure, reprimand, rebuke)
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fry(verb, oppose, censure, pay, reprimand)
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give a dressing-down
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give a going-over(expression, idiom)
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give one hell(expression, idiom, censure, reprimand, reproach)
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give the deuce(expression, idiom)
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give what-for
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give what for(verb, expression, idiom, criticize, reprimand)
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go after(verb, expression, oppose, censure, pay)
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jack up
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jawbone(verb, oppose, censure, pay, reprimand)
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jump down throat(verb, chastise, lash, lambaste)
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lay into(verb, expression, oppose, criticize, censure)
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lay out(verb, expression, criticize, censure, reprimand)
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lesson(verb, oppose, censure, blame, pay)
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monish(verb, oppose, censure, blame, pay)
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oppose(verb, censure, blame, pay, reprimand)
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