haul someone over the coals
Verb
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Verb
- (chiefly, UK, idiomatic) To express anger with someone in no uncertain terms when they do something wrong.
- The teacher hauled him over the coals for not doing his homework.
- berate
- dressing-down
- telling off
- rake someone over the coals
- read someone the riot act
- scold
- tell off
- tear a strip off someone
- tear someone a new one
- tear someone a new asshole
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