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