| dress-down(verb, criticize, reprimand) |
| dress down(verb, expression, criticize, blame, discipline) |
| drub(verb, cut, attack, praise, criticize) |
| eat out(expression, criticize, reprimand, reproach, rebuke) |
| excoriate(verb, cut, beat, attack, praise) |
| expostulate(criticize, reprimand, reproach, taunt, rebuke) |
| flay(verb, cut, beat, attack, praise) |
| flog(verb, beat, attack, criticize, reprimand) |
| fulminate against(expression, correct, discipline, humble, humiliate) |
| give a talking-to(expression, idiom, criticize, reprimand, reproach) |
| give one hell(expression, idiom, censure, reprimand, reproach) |
| give what for(expression, idiom, criticize, reprimand, reproach) |
| hammer(verb, beat, attack, criticize, strike) |
| haul over the coals(verb, expression, idiom, criticize, reproach) |
| have on the carpet(expression, idiom, correct, humble, humiliate) |
| hit(verb, beat, attack, criticize, strike) |
| jaw(criticize, reprimand, reproach, rebuke, castigate) |
| jump all over(expression, idiom, censure, reprimand, reproach) |
| jump on(expression, criticize, reprimand, reproach, taunt) |
| keep aft(expression, criticize, reprimand, reproach, taunt) |