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call down(verb, phrasal verb, attack, praise)
4
bawl out(verb, phrasal verb, attack, praise)
4
chew out(verb, phrasal verb, attack, praise)
4
dress down(verb, phrasal verb, attack, praise)
4
have words(verb, disagree, squabble, altercate)
4
take to task(verb, idiom, oppose, censure)
2
sit on(oppose, censure, pay, reprimand)
2
speak to(verb, censure, condemn, rebuke)
2
talk to(verb, censure, condemn, rebuke)
2
tell off(oppose, criticize, censure, condemn)
2
tick off(verb, oppose, criticize, censure)
1
carp on(verb, oppose, censure, pay)
1
climb all over(verb, idiom, oppose, censure)
1
come down hard on(verb, idiom, censure, rebuke)
1
draw the line(verb, idiom, censure, rebuke)
1
find fault(verb, criticize, condemn, blame)
1
give a going over(verb, idiom, censure, rebuke)
1
give a hard time(verb, idiom, criticize, condemn)
1
give the dickens(verb, blame, denounce, reproach)
1
go after(verb, oppose, censure, pay)
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