Đồng nghĩa của taking somebody to task

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animadverting upon demeaning implicating finding unacceptable downgrading citing expostulating about protesting strongly at remonstrating about badmouthing devaluing disfavoring summonsing spouting raving disesteeming disfavouring trivializing discountenancing whipping prejudicing mocking humbling exposing blemishing making a protest against kicking against alleging jeering at nit-picking perverting giving something a battering summoning complaining bitterly about kicking attributing misprizing minifying disagreeing violently with going on about picking at skinning alive frowning upon accusing of taking a dim view of treating lightly arraigning for making light of bringing charges against making a stand against trivialising prosecuting for sneering at impeaching for holding cheap bringing to trial for pointing the finger putting up a fight against filing charges against taking to court for making accusations about pointing a finger at putting on trial for speaking badly of getting angry with bringing under fire giving a rough time contradicting rebutting confronting taking satirizing sniping at reviewing unfavorably heaping holding forth against satirising marking down taking away controverting gainsaying beating throwing stones at taking swipe at giving a tongue-lashing disdaining mistreating demonizing voodooing jinxing digging clobbering blackguarding ruining showing someone up thinking wrong not supporting slogging fluffing slugging demonising twitting quarreling with jumping down someone's throat cutting down dressing-down selling short ripping up criticizing harshly dragging someone's name through the mud dragging through mud slinging mud bringing to account spurning clamoring against looking down on discommending negating expressing a poor opinion of zinging remonstrating against raging cutting to bits putting a whammy on exposing to ridicule presenting giving bad press holding up to shame raising an expressing strong disapproval of sticking it to 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forth to buttonholing declaiming to spouting at preachifying to spieling to speechifying to delivering a tirade to holding forth getting on a soapbox giving a lecture to sounding off to

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