round onsomeone/something
phrasal verbwithroundverb[T]uk/raʊnd/us/raʊnd/
tosuddenlyturnandattacksomeone or something:
Thefoxroundedonitspursuers.
tocriticizesomeone who hascriticizedyou:
Themayorroundedon hiscriticswith a veryforcefulspeech.
Chastising & rebuking
- admonitory
- barracking
- bawl
- bawlsomeoneout
- be a reproach tosomeone/somethingidiom
- carpet
- chasten
- keelhaul
- lecture
- pull
- pullsomeoneup
- punchbag
- punching bag
- putsomeoneintheirplaceidiom
- reproach
- reproachful
- shame
- tear
- there'll be hell to payidiom
- upbraid
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Disapproving & criticizing