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137 entries under expression topic. ×
| read out(charge, criticize, scorn, condemn) | |
| read the riot act(verb, idiom, criticize, censure) | |
| rough up(verb, hurt, dismiss, correct) | |
| run into(verb, force, beat, drive) | |
| set aside(verb, reject, oppose, dismiss) | |
| skin alive(hit, censure, condemn, blame) | |
| slap down(verb, censure, discipline, reprimand) | |
| slap wrist(verb, hurt, dismiss, correct) | |
| smash into(verb, force, beat, drive) | |
| stick it to(criticize, blast, retaliate, flay) | |
| take dim view of(verb, idiom, reject, oppose) | |
| take exception to(verb, idiom, reject, oppose) | |
| teach a lesson(verb, idiom, hurt, dismiss) | |
| tear apart(charge, criticize, scorn, condemn) | |
| throw the book at(verb, idiom, hurt, dismiss) | |
| toss and turn(verb, idiom, beat, defeat) | |
| turn down(verb, reject, oppose, criticize) | |
| work over(verb, beat, defeat, crush) | |
| yell at(punish, scold, scapegoat) | |
| administer correction(idiom, punishment) |
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