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| teach a lesson(verb, idiom, hurt, dismiss) | |
| tear into(verb, attack, abuse, criticize) | |
| throw the book at(verb, idiom, hurt, dismiss) | |
| thumbs down on(verb, idiom, attack, criticize) | |
| thunder against(attack, abuse, condemn, denounce) | |
| work over(verb, criticize, censure, condemn) | |
| yell at(abuse, condemn, blame, reproach) | |
| administer correction(idiom, punishment) | |
| attended to(hurt, dismiss, correct, harm) | |
| blow the whistle on(idiom, criticize, censure, condemn) | |
| censure severely | |
| comment upon(verb, censure, disparage, disapprove) | |
| criticize severely(verb, criticize, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| drum out(expel, excommunicate, unfrock) | |
| express disapprobation(criticize, censure, condemn, blast) | |
| get angry with(idiom, criticize, blast, flay) | |
| get the better of(verb, idiom, defeat, overcome) | |
| give a talking to(idiom, abuse, scorn, insult) | |
| give opinion(verb, censure, disparage, disapprove) | |
| give the dickens(idiom, blame, reproach, scold) |
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