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have words

— verb (= rag, dress down, scold) 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

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scold

berate

bawl out

trounce

take to task

reproof

reprimand

remonstrate

rebuke

rag

quarrel

lecture

lambaste

lambast

jaw

dress down

chide

chew up

chew out

call on the carpet

call down

inveigh

excoriate

blast

argue