| VERB | communication | tell off, brush down | reprimand |
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| Meaning | reprimand. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | brush down | |
| Broader | 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 | censure severely or angrily |
| See also | tell | let something be known |
| Spanish | abroncar, increpar | |
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