Đồng nghĩa của coming down on someone

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giving flak to incriminating animadverting judging rebuffing giving someone a bad press slighting belittling giving the devil declaiming prosecuting giving a bad press to bagging on deflating browbeating giving something a bad press indicting charging with showing up impeaching offending starting on picking apart looking askance reading out having your knife in giving someone a ticking-off giving an injunction to libeling libelling discounting minimizing trying repressing softening subjugating afflicting suppressing oppressing persecuting assaulting digging into tucking into having a word with talking with miscalling minimising zinging injuring riding hosing arguing with cutting down blowing off doing a number on calling names cutting to the quick putting someone in their place taking down a peg or two trash-talking dumping on giving a black eye making a protest to vilipending inveighing growling riling thundering ranting kicking vociferating fuming crying down tying into challenging 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