let someone have it
• attack someone physically or verbally.
• "I really let him have it for worrying me so much"
Similar:
attack,
assault,
beat,
beat up,
batter,
thrash,
pound,
pummel,
assail,
set upon,
fall upon,
strike at,
let fly at,
tear into,
lash out at,
jump,
paste,
do over,
work over,
knock about,
knock around,
rough up,
lay into,
lace into,
sail into,
pitch into,
get stuck into,
set about,
have a go at,
duff someone up,
beat up on,
light into,
scold,
rebuke,
reprimand,
reproach,
reprove,
admonish,
remonstrate with,
chastise,
chide,
upbraid,
berate,
take to task,
pull up,
castigate,
lambast,
read someone the Riot Act,
go on at,
haul over the coals,
criticize,
censure,
tell off,
give someone a talking-to,
give someone a telling-off,
dress down,
give someone a dressing-down,
give someone an earful,
give someone a roasting,
give someone a rocket,
give someone a rollicking,
rap,
rap over the knuckles,
slap someone's wrist,
bawl out,
give someone hell,
come down on,
blow up,
give someone a caning,
put on the mat,
slap down,
blast,
rag,
keelhaul,
tick off,
carpet,
monster,
give someone a mouthful,
tear someone off a strip,
give someone what for,
give someone some stick,
wig,
give someone a wigging,
give someone a row,
row,
chew out,
ream out,
take to the woodshed,
call down,
rate,
give someone a rating,
trim,
reprehend,
objurgate,
bollock,
give someone a bollocking,
tear someone a new arsehole,
rip someone a new arsehole,
chew someone's ass,
ream someone's ass,
