have words
v : 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" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {rebuke},
{rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw},
{dress down}, {call down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl
out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]