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| lean on(censure, reprimand, reprove) | |
| rap across the knuckles(idiom, reprimand, punish, scold) | |
| rap over the knuckles(idiom, reprimand, punish, scold) | |
| read the riot act(idiom, reprimand, punish, scold) | |
| rip into(reprimand, punish, scold) | |
| severely reprimand(reprimand, punish, scold) | |
| sit on(censure, reprimand, reprove) | |
| sound off(censure, reprimand, reprove) | |
| tear a strip off(idiom, reprimand, reproach, scold) | |
| tear apart(censure, reprimand, reprove) | |
| tear off a strip(idiom, reprimand, punish, scold) | |
| yell at(reprimand, reproach, rebuke, punish) |
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