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79 entries under expression topic. ×
| charge with(verb, attack, turn, criticize) | |
| climb all over(verb, idiom, charge, oppose) | |
| cut up(charge, criticize, scorn, condemn) | |
| fulminate against(verb, correct, humble, humiliate) | |
| get after(charge, criticize, scorn, condemn) | |
| give a talking-to(verb, idiom, reprimand, reproach) | |
| give comeuppance(verb, reprimand, discredit, reproach) | |
| give the devil(verb, idiom, reprimand, discredit) | |
| give the dickens(verb, blame, reproach, scold) | |
| go after(verb, oppose, censure, pay) | |
| haul over the coals(idiom, attack, criticize, censure) | |
| have on the carpet(verb, idiom, correct, humiliate) | |
| have words with | |
| inveigh against(verb, attack, turn, criticize) | |
| keep aft(verb, reprimand, reproach, rate) | |
| lay down the law(verb, idiom, reproach, rate) | |
| lay into(verb, oppose, criticize, censure) | |
| lay on(verb, reprimand, discredit, reproach) | |
| lean on(verb, oppose, censure, pay) | |
| light into(verb, blame, reprimand, reproach) |
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