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verb

reprimand
- She told the misbehaving student off
• Syn:
tell off
• Hypernyms:
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce,
reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down,
scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out,
chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody