Verb
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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"
- call on the carpet - take to task - dress down - call down - bawl out - chew out - chew up - have words -
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
"Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"
"We beat the competition"
"Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
- beat out -
beat severely with a whip or rod
"The teacher often flogged the students"
"The children were severely trounced"