take to task

Weak matches

• berate
• castigate
• chew out
• dress down
• have words
• jump down one's throat
• punish
• rake over the coals
• reprimand
• rip into
• scold
• tell off
• upbraid
• yell at

Weak matches

• call on the carpet
• read the riot act
• tongue-lash

Strongest matches

• admonish
• berate
• castigate
• chastise
• chide
• denounce
• discipline
• rebuff
• rebuke
• reprimand
• reproach
• scold

Strong matches

• abuse
• animadvert
• asperse
• attack
• backbite
• blame
• cavil
• contemn
• denigrate
• deprecate
• disapprove
• disparage
• impugn
• incriminate
• judge
• knock
• lecture
• ostracize
• remonstrate
• reprehend
• reprove
• upbraid

Weak matches

• carp at
• cut up
• exprobate
• find fault with
• get after
• look askance
• pick apart
• pull apart
• read out
• tear apart
• tell off

Strongest match

• penalize

Strong matches

• abase
• admonish
• afflict
• berate
• castigate
• chastise
• chide
• cow
• curb
• discipline
• humble
• objurgate
• punish
• rebuke
• reprehend
• repress
• reprimand
• reproach
• reprove
• restrain
• scold
• scourge
• soften
• subdue
• tame
• try
• upbraid

Weak matches

• call down
• exprobate
• fulminate against
• have on the carpet
• rake over the coals
• tongue-lash

Strongest matches

• accuse
• blame
• boycott
• brand
• castigate
• censure
• criticize
• decry
• excoriate
• prosecute
• rebuke
• revile
• scold
• threaten
• vilify

Strong matches

• adjudicate
• arraign
• blacklist
• charge
• damn
• declaim
• derogate
• expose
• finger
• impeach
• implicate
• impugn
• incriminate
• indict
• knock
• ostracize
• proscribe
• rap
• rat
• reprehend
• reprimand
• reproach
• reprobate
• reprove
• skin
• smear
• stigmatize
• upbraid
• vituperate

Weak matches

• charge with
• denunciate
• dress down
• hang something on
• inveigh against
• show up

Strongest matches

• admonish
• berate
• castigate
• censure
• chide
• go after
• oppose
• reprimand
• reproach
• scold
• upbraid

Strong matches

• blame
• fry
• give a talking-to
• jawbone
• lecture
• lesson
• monish
• pay
• rake
• read
• reprehend
• reprove
• rip
• zap

Weak matches

• bawl out
• call on the carpet
• carp on
• chew out
• climb all over
• dress down
• jump down one's throat
• jump on
• lay into
• lean on
• sit on
• sound off
• tear apart
• tell off
• tick off

Strongest matches

• admonish
• castigate
• censure
• chide
• criticize
• denounce
• rebuke
• reproach
• upbraid

Strong matches

• lecture
• monish
• rap
• reprehend
• reprove

Weak matches

• call on the carpet
• chew out
• come down on
• dress down
• give piece of one's mind
• give the dickens
• light into
• lower the boom
• tell off
• tick off

Strongest matches

• admonish
• chide
• discredit
• rebuke
• reprimand
• scold
• upbraid

Strong matches

• abuse
• blame
• cavil
• censure
• condemn
• criticize
• defame
• disparage
• jawbone
• lesson
• rake
• ream
• reprehend
• reprove
• trim

Weak matches

• call down
• call to task
• give comeuppance
• give the devil
• lay on
• sit on

Strong matches

• admonish
• berate
• castigate
• censure
• chide
• condemn
• lambaste
• lecture
• reprimand
• reproach
• scold
• upbraid

Weak matches

• bawl out
• chew out
• jump down one's throat
• lay into
• read the riot act

Strongest matches

• admonish
• berate
• blame
• castigate
• censure
• chide
• criticize
• denounce
• rebuke
• reprimand
• reproach
• taunt
• upbraid
• vilify

Strong matches

• abuse
• asperse
• cavil
• chasten
• disparage
• expostulate
• lecture
• nag
• preach
• rail
• rate
• ream
• recriminate
• reprobate
• reprove
• revile
• vituperate

Weak matches

• dress down
• give a talking-to
• jump on
• keep aft
• lay down the law
• light into
• objurate
• put down
• rake over the coals
• tell off

Weak matches

• berate
• censure
• chide
• give piece of one's mind
• give tongue-lashing
• lecture
• rail
• rake over the coals
• rebuke
• reproach
• reprove
• revile
• scold
• tick off
• upbraid
• vituperate

Strongest matches

• admonish
• berate
• castigate
• chastise
• chide
• reprimand
• reproach

Strong matches

• blame
• censure
• chasten
• criticize
• lecture
• ream

Weak matches

• chew out
• give a talking-to
• jump on
• lay down the law
• light into
• put down
• rake over the coals
• tell off