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dress down(verb, phrasal verb, criticize, censure)
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find fault with(idiom, attack, criticize, censure)
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jump on(verb, phrasal verb, criticize, censure)
3
land on(verb, criticize, punish, scold)
2
call down(verb, attack, criticize, censure)
2
fall on
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go for(verb, advance, attack, abuse)
2
lay into(verb, attack, abuse, strike)
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let have it(verb, idiom, advance, attack)
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light into(verb, advance, attack, abuse)
2
pick on(verb, rebuke, punish, scold)
2
put away(verb, control, check, attack)
2
put down(verb, attack, criticize, dispute)
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send up(verb, control, check, attack)
2
set upon(verb, attack, abuse, strike)
2
skin alive(verb, criticize, dispute, censure)
2
tell off(verb, phrasal verb, criticize, censure)
1
animadvert on(censure, condemn, blame, blast)
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bawl out(verb, criticize, censure, reprimand)
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blow whistle on(verb, idiom, attack, criticize)
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