Đồng nghĩa của coming down hard on

giving someone hell admonishing chastising rebuking reprimanding severely berating castigating chiding pulling up remonstrating with reproaching reproving scolding upbraiding censuring criticising criticizing lambasting lecturing taking to task telling off dressing down rapping bawling out blasting blowing up giving a talking-to giving someone a telling-off hauling over the coals lacing to laying into pitching into ragging carpeting giving a rocket giving someone a dressing-down giving someone an earful giving someone a roasting giving someone a rollicking keelhauling rapping over the knuckles reading the riot act ticking off wigging bollocking calling down chewing out giving someone a caning letting someone have it rating reaming out giving someone a mouthful giving someone a wigging giving someone some stick giving someone what for having a go at objurgating reprehending trimming giving someone a bollocking giving someone a rating tearing off a strip sending someone away with a flea in their ear reprimanding cautioning tearing into rapping on knuckles giving a going over telling a thing or two slapping on wrist strongly criticizing drawing the line slapping down calling on the carpet giving a piece of one's mind talking to checking pummelling speaking rowing adjuring chastening disciplining basting pummeling advising finding fault with bringing to book nagging counseling putting on the mat ranting at counselling throwing the book at warning railing against tongue-lashing coming down on like a ton of bricks giving someone a row railing at correcting coming down on giving someone stick slapping someone's wrist glueing speaking to jacking up forewarning gluing sitting on dinging growling hoisting noticing condemning hammering blaming denouncing flaying excoriating scoring jawing vituperating attacking haranguing abusing raking over the coals dissing slating reviling slamming knocking flaming putting down reaming punishing slagging off roasting panning savaging disparaging caning fulminating against bagging railing tearing a strip off bashing pillorying vilifying reprobating preaching jumping on blowing up at jumping down one's throat lighting to penalizing rollicking slashing moralizing sermonizing cutting up penalising denigrating potshotting moralising impugning scathing sermonising crucifying rubbishing accusing preachifying laying down the law blistering faulting pontificating taking to pieces exprobating scourging ripping into assailing trashing belaboring yelling at raving at taking to the woodshed going on at pontifying scorning teaching pulling apart slagging belabouring dispraising sailing into lashing denunciating calling over the coals aspersing monishing scorching caviling cavilling lessoning giving someone a bad press visiting skinning leaning on climbing all over holding forth getting on a soapbox maligning edifying stigmatizing disapproving deprecating ripping defaming arraigning raking smearing evangelizing incriminating ethicizing declaiming recriminating jawboning trouncing whipping lamming into beating stigmatising flogging picking holes in disapproving of wading into picking to pieces evangelising vituperating against recompensing letting fly at addressing expatiating perorating spanking tearing apart spouting getting after rapping someone's knuckles spieling mouthing off making an example of meting out punishment to pointing the finger at sounding off teaching a lesson tearing down jumping all over passing judgment calling to account having someone on the carpet dealing with cursing exprobrating sorting out carping threaping taunting harassing attasking feruling skelping branding ridiculing lampooning nagging at expostulating zapping opposing frying chewing animadverting on discrediting slandering raking over coals slanging setting upon ranking on giving going-over passing strictures upon dressing-down giving someone a telling off tearing someone a new one lashing out at calumniating traducing besmirching giving tongue-lashing strafing having words charging contemning backbiting animadverting ostracising remonstrating judging rebuffing ostracizing having words with disgracing dishonoring dishonouring deflating browbeating deriding striking cudgeling shellacking hitting slapping cudgelling smothering taxing libeling skewering libelling insulting rapping across the knuckles severely reprimanding taking down giving piece of mind picking apart looking askance carping at reading out refuting cussing out giving the business keeping after giving one hell sledging criticizing hatefully shouting at eating out giving someone a carpeting ragging on finding fault getting on taking down a peg giving a hard time burning one's ears giving comeuppance laying on sending someone away with a flea in his giving the dickens lowering the boom carping on going after criticizing strongly expressing disapproval of lashing into derogating picking on calling to task despising having your knife in giving someone a ticking-off giving an injunction to fustigating giving the devil sticking it to expressing disapprobation thinking badly of expressing disapprobation of assaulting verbally arguing with bad-mouthing trying repressing softening subjugating afflicting suppressing disagreeing with piling in casting aspersions on inveighing against shooting down starting on starting in putting someone in their place taking down a peg or two taking on casting a slur on running down taking apart blowing piling it on persuading talking big jumping on one's case snapping someone's head off going for the jugular biting someone's head off dogmatizing expounding thrashing pronouncing drubbing scarifying philosophizing discoursing orating ministering talking exhorting descanting spouting off sermonizing to earbashing pontificating to spouting to going on giving sermon apostrophizing spouting at preachifying to soapboxing preaching to going on about accosting ranting spieling to stumping giving a lecture to holding forth to raving sounding off to buttonholing speechifying to delivering a tirade to declaiming to inculpating impeaching philosophising indicting framing mistreating scalping getting walloping thumping wallopping murdering sentencing saddling imputing laying out dragging over the coals criticizing severely rapping someone the knuckles oppressing misusing injuring hurting battering harming fingering manhandling holding responsible holding accountable executing giving someone the works training slapping wrist dropping on giving it to someone incarcerating rapping knuckles roughing up switching defrocking giving a lesson to exiling expelling attending to cracking down on blacklisting skinning alive doing in fixing someone's wagon giving a going-over punishing severely cuffing debarring dismissing paddling knocking about beating up immuring fining holding liable accusing of assigning fault to placing the blame on laying the blame on assigning liability to assigning guilt to pointing the finger finding guilty of laying at one's door laying a bad trip on considering guilty of pointing a finger at passing the buck laying a guilt trip on

clamping down on limiting preventing restraining stamping out stopping suppressing checking controlling cracking down on restricting keeping in check keeping under control putting an end to putting a stop to

dispraising criticising criticizing censuring condemning knocking dissing panning denouncing blaming reprehending slagging faulting finding fault with taking to task

coming down heavily on coming down in bucketloads coming down in buckets coming down in favor of coming down in favour of coming down in sheets coming down by the bucketful coming down coming close to coming closer to coming closer coming close