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81 entries under scold topic. ×
| skelp(verb, censure, discipline, reprimand) | |
| slap down(verb, expression, censure, discipline, reprimand) | |
| tongue-lash(verb, correct, criticize, censure, discipline) | |
| yell at(expression, punish, scapegoat) | |
| be hard on(punish, scapegoat) | |
| check | |
| come down on like a ton of bricks(expression, idiom, punish, scapegoat) | |
| criticize strongly(expression, punish, scapegoat) | |
| give a talking-to(expression, idiom, reprimand, reproach) | |
| give the dickens(expression, idiom, reproach) | |
| have a go at(expression, idiom, criticize, blast, punish) | |
| land on(expression, punish, scapegoat) | |
| lay down the law(expression, idiom, reprimand, reproach) | |
| lesson | |
| lower the boom(expression, idiom, criticize, blast, reproach) | |
| monish | |
| pick on(expression, punish, scapegoat) | |
| put down(expression, reprimand, reproach) | |
| scapegoat | |
| tear a strip off(expression, idiom, reprimand, reproach) |
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