read the riot act
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bring to book
verb. call to account
castigate
verb. criticize severely
- baste
- bawl out
- beat
- berate
- blister
- cane
- censure
- chasten
- chastise
- chew out
- come down on
- correct
- criticize
- discipline
- drag over the coals
- dress down
- drub
- excoriate
- flay
- flog
- jump down one's throat
- lambaste
- lash
- lay out
- lean on
- penalize
- pummel
- punish
- rail
- rate
- read the riot act
- ream
- rebuke
- reprimand
- scarify
- scathe
- scold
- scorch
- scourge
- thrash
- tongue-lash
- upbraid
- whip
decreed
verb. order rule or action
decrees
verb. order rule or action
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.