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| slap on wrist(noun, expression, cut, hit) | |
| take exception to(verb, expression, oppose, criticize) | |
| tear to pieces | |
| awake a doubt(expression, unbelief doubt) | |
| be censorious(expression, disapprobation) | |
| blow the whistle on(expression, criticize, blast, flay) | |
| cause a doubt(expression, unbelief doubt) | |
| cause a scene(expression, fight, dispute, argue) | |
| climb all over(expression, criticize, blast, flay) | |
| differ in opinion(expression, dissent) | |
| find fault unnecessarily | |
| get angry with(expression, criticize, blast, flay) | |
| haul over the coals(expression, reprimand, reproach, rebuke) | |
| have a go at(expression, criticize, blast, flay) | |
| jump all over(expression, criticize, blast, flay) | |
| lay a bad trip on(expression, criticize, blast, flay) | |
| let one have it(expression, criticize, blast, flay) | |
| lower the boom(expression, criticize, blast, flay) | |
| make a fine distinction(verb, expression, equivocate, quibble) | |
| make fun of(expression, harass, tease, bully) |
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