117 entries under expression topic. ×

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find fault(verb, start, hit, oppose)
6
pick at(verb, phrasal verb, hit, criticize)
6
pick on(verb, bother, harass, bully)
4
pick holes(verb, idiom, complain, disapprobation)
4
take exception(idiom, argue, disagree, tangle)
3
cut up(verb, phrasal verb, hit, censure)
3
find fault with(verb, idiom, phrasal verb, censure)
3
nibble at(verb, phrasal verb, disapprobation)
3
pick to pieces(verb, idiom, support, raise)
3
skin alive(hit, censure, condemn, blame)
2
animadvert on(hit, censure, condemn, blame)
2
carp at(vet, pluck, parse)
2
catch at straws(idiom, shift, wrangle, waffle)
2
cut to bits(idiom, hit, censure, condemn)
2
fulminate against(hit, censure, condemn, blame)
2
give bad press(idiom, hit, censure, condemn)
2
jump on(hit, censure, condemn, blame)
2
nag at(verb, hit, censure, condemn)
2
pull to pieces(idiom, disapprobation)
2
set to(argue, disagree, differ, wrangle)
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