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49 entries under expression topic. ×
| put down(criticize, reprimand, reproach, taunt) | |
| put someone on the griddle(idiom, attack, score, scratch) | |
| put someone on the hot seat(idiom, attack, score, scratch) | |
| rail at(criticize, reprimand, reproach, rebuke) | |
| read the riot act(verb, idiom, beat, attack) | |
| read the riot act to(idiom, attack, score, scratch) | |
| rip into(verb, phrasal verb, cut, attack) | |
| shoot down(attack, score, scratch, slam) | |
| take to task(idiom, correct, discipline, reprimand) | |
| tell off(verb, attack, criticize, discipline) | |
| come down on(verb, idiom, criticize, reprimand) | |
| criticize harshly(verb, reprimand, lash, rail) | |
| criticize severely(verb, criticize, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| drag over the coals(verb, idiom, criticize, reprimand) | |
| give a talking to(idiom, abuse, scorn, insult) | |
| give tongue-lashing(reprimand, scold) | |
| have words(reprimand, punish, scold) | |
| have your knife in(verb, idiom, attack, criticize) | |
| lay into(verb, attack, criticize, reprimand) | |
| lay out(verb, criticize, reprimand, rebuke) |
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