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| carpet(blast, reprimand, reproach, scold) | |
| jump on(expression, oppose, censure, condemn) | |
| rail at(abuse, criticize) | |
| tick off(expression, oppose, censure, blame) | |
| call on the carpet(expression, idiom, attack, praise) | |
| chew up | |
| come down on(expression, idiom, criticize, censure) | |
| curse(abuse, criticize, disparage, denounce) | |
| have words(expression, reprimand, punish, scold) | |
| jaw(reproach, scold) | |
| jump all over(expression, idiom, criticize, censure) | |
| lambast | |
| punish(criticize, censure, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| rate(criticize, censure, discipline, reprimand) | |
| underdress | |
| blow sky-high(abuse, criticize) | |
| call names(abuse, criticize) | |
| chasten(criticize, censure, discipline, reprimand) | |
| disapprove(criticize, censure, condemn, blame) | |
| give a dressing-down(expression, idiom) |
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