Đồng nghĩa của lays down the law

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sails into takes to pieces nitpicks about brings to account lashes into gives piece of mind rags on throws brickbats at sledges charges takes down takes down a peg burns one's ears finds fault gets on gives a hard time argues with prosecutes stigmatizes criticizes hatefully eats out gives someone a carpeting sounds off carps on goes after lays on gives comeuppance rebuffs contemns scorns incriminates picks holes in gives flak to tears down criticizea strongly criticizes harshly taxes gives someone stick impeaches stigmatises charges with shows up indicts picks on gives a bad press to bags on dooms sentences calls to task points the finger has your knife in reads out picks apart looks askance sends someone away with a flea in his lowers the boom gives the dickens swears slights expresses disapprobation sticks it to expresses disapprobation of thinks badly of gives the devil tries subjugates represses suppresses softens afflicts imprecates blasphemes offends makes a protest to convicts 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