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give someone a speaking to
give someone a speaking to
synonyms
berate
criticize
chastise
scold
get onto
dress down
call
give what for
lay out
read someone the riot act
lower the boom
lambaste
give someone an earful
jaw
bite someone's head off
tear a strip off someone
brawl
lash
rag
lay into
chew off
tongue-lash
objurgate
earbash
let someone have it
fustigate
come down on
belabour
scorn
flite
bully
yell
get stuck into
set up someone's birse
slap down
take apart
pull up
make an example of
lapidate
tread on someone's toes
trounce
keelhaul
mither
yell at
vituperate
pelt
beat up on
rate
tell off
teach someone a lesson
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give someone a speaking to
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