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157 entries under expression topic. ×
| hold responsible(criticize, blast, flay) | |
| land on(punish, scold, scapegoat) | |
| lash into(verb, attack, criticize, reprimand) | |
| lay a bad trip on(idiom, criticize, blast, flay) | |
| lay out(verb, criticize, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| lay to(criticize, blast, flay) | |
| let fly at(verb, idiom, criticize, lambaste) | |
| let one have it(idiom, criticize, blast, flay) | |
| lower the boom(idiom, criticize, blame, blast) | |
| make a meet(verb, idiom, oppose, challenge) | |
| meet face to face(verb, idiom, oppose, challenge) | |
| mess with(verb, oppose, challenge, face) | |
| pass the buck(idiom, criticize, blast, flay) | |
| pick on(punish, scold, scapegoat) | |
| play against(meet, confront, tackle) | |
| point the finger(idiom, criticize, blast, flay) | |
| protect against(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss) | |
| pushed back(disregard, dismiss, ignore) | |
| rake over coals(idiom, reprimand, scold) | |
| rap across the knuckles(idiom, reprimand, punish, scold) |
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