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85 entries under expression topic. ×
| tell off(verb, phrasal verb, oppose, abuse) | |
| chew out(verb, phrasal verb, attack, praise) | |
| bawl out(verb, phrasal verb, attack, praise) | |
| take to task(verb, idiom, attack, oppose) | |
| jump on(verb, oppose, censure, condemn) | |
| tick off(verb, oppose, censure, blame) | |
| call on the carpet(verb, idiom, attack, praise) | |
| come down on(verb, idiom, criticize, censure) | |
| have words(verb, reprimand, punish, scold) | |
| jump all over(verb, idiom, criticize, censure) | |
| give a dressing-down(verb, idiom) | |
| skin alive(verb, abuse, censure, condemn) | |
| find fault with(verb, idiom, criticize, censure) | |
| lean on(oppose, criticize, censure, pay) | |
| tear into(verb, disparage, denounce, scold) | |
| animadvert on(censure, condemn, blame, blast) | |
| carp on(verb, oppose, censure, pay) | |
| charge with(verb, attack, criticize, censure) | |
| climb all over(verb, idiom, oppose, criticize) | |
| criticize severely(verb, criticize, censure, reprimand) |
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