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take someone's head off
get on someone's case
berates
chide
bite someone's head off
lecture
take to task
lay into
vehement
scold
beratingly
give someone business
beration
beratement
give someone what for
rake someone over coals
rater
cuss out
lay out
maledict
read someone riot act
rate
bust chops
berated
Definitions:
Verb
call on the carpet
take to task
rebuke
rag
trounce
lecture
reprimand
jaw
dress down
call down
scold
chide
berate
bawl out
remonstrate
chew out
chew up
have words
lambaste
lambast
Definition: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
Definition: to chide or scold vehemently