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1) General subject: abuse, ballyrag, be severe upon, berate, blow up, bullyrag, cast in somebody's teeth, castigate, chide, find fault, flay, give the stick, go on (кого-л.), have on the mat (кого-л.), lambast, let into, objurgate, peck, pepper, rag, rail, rail against, rail at, rate, rater, rebuke, reproach, reprove, revile, scold, score, sit, slang, slangwhang, slate, start in, talk to, tell off, threap, tongue lash, tongue-lash, tutor, upbraid, vituperate, whip, yaff, take to task, claw away, get after

2) Colloquial: comb, tick off, walk into (на кого-либо), keep on at a person (кого-л.)

3) Dialect: miscall

4) American: bawl out, jack, roast

5) Australian slang: chew out, go crook smb., kick (smb.'s) butt in, rip into, tear strips off, whale

6) Jargon: get down on (someone), lambaste, lay (someone) out, lay out (someone), see off, talk (somebody), give a good talking to, give a good working over, give someone an earful, take off

7) Makarov: call over the coals, comb down, come down, come down (кого-л.), come down on (кого-л.), come down upon (кого-л.), drop down on (кого-л.), find fault with (кого-л.)

8) Phraseological unit: bust chops (to berate or hound)