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someone a telling-off giving someone an earful trimming slamming giving a talking-to rapping giving someone a mouthful giving someone a wigging coming down on giving someone a rating dissing denouncing blaming reviling wigging giving someone a caning knocking finding fault with vituperating slapping down flaming giving someone a row abusing savaging rowing putting down blowing up panning giving someone some stick roasting bashing fulminating against sending someone away with a flea in their ear vilifying pummelling pummeling bagging putting on the mat disparaging raking over the coals slashing denigrating jumping on maligning scathing cutting up caning reprobating deprecating trashing inveighing against railing running down tearing a strip off pulling apart skewering reaming giving a piece of one's mind blowing up at potshotting aspersing faulting slagging giving someone a bad press chastening lashing jumping down one's throat pulling to pieces impugning rollicking blistering 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tearing apart slanging giving the business wading into strongly criticizing nitpicking finding lacking letting fly at throwing shade lessoning rapping on knuckles telling a thing or two trouncing bringing to book stigmatising tearing to shreds passing strictures upon tearing to pieces doing down giving some stick to speaking to giving a going over nitpicking over climbing all over slapping on wrist zapping lamming into drawing the line scoffing at getting at mauling criticizing severely leaning on crying down hitting out at letting fly rounding on lashing out exprobrating raking over coals feruling giving tongue-lashing branding jumping down someone's throat lashing out at dressing-down sending someone away with a flea in his giving the dickens lowering the boom laying out dragging over the coals rapping someone the knuckles rapping across the knuckles having words severely reprimanding giving someone a telling off tearing someone a new one refuting raking vilipending chewing cussing 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with sorting out attasking exploding harshing moralising moralizing bursting out ranking on giving going-over disgracing dishonoring dishonouring having words with erupting with anger keeping nothing back charging giving piece of mind bringing to account taxing giving comeuppance laying on expressing disapproval of pointing the finger at calling to task giving the devil sticking it to expressing disapprobation thinking badly of expressing disapprobation of trying repressing softening subjugating afflicting suppressing intimidating tormenting bullying hectoring domineering pestering dogging niggling needling hounding bothering badgering browbeating bugging irritating riding fussing pecking at henpecking

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