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give the stick(idiom, punishment)
4
lay waste to(verb, phrasal verb)
3
give a whipping
3
pains and punishments
2
bad news(noun, disaster, calamity, upheaval)
2
wear out(verb, beat, thrash, knock)
1
attend to(verb, hurt, dismiss, correct)
1
bawl out(verb, criticize, censure, reprimand)
1
beat up(verb, beat, hurt, dismiss)
1
call down(correct, discipline, humiliate, punish)
1
chew out(verb, criticize, censure, discipline)
1
climb all over(censure, discipline, reprimand, scold)
1
come down on(verb, idiom, criticize, censure)
1
crack down on(verb, idiom, hurt, dismiss)
1
crawl all over(idiom, attack, score, scratch)
1
criticize severely(verb, criticize, censure, reprimand)
1
do in(verb, hurt, dismiss, correct)
1
drag over the coals(verb, idiom, criticize, censure)
1
dress down(verb, phrasal verb, criticize, censure)
1
fatal attraction(trouble, ruin, burden, misery)
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