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(chiefly US) To berate someone at length, usually from a position of authority or moral authority.

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rake someone over the coals

Source Word

rake someone over the coals

Verb

(chiefly US) To berate someone at length, usually from a position of authority or moral authority.

Japanese Meaning

（権威または道徳的優位性を背景にして）長々と激しく叱責する、非難する

The principal would occasionally rake someone over the coals during assemblies for violating the rules.

校長は規則を破った生徒を朝礼で時々徹底的に叱責した。

Sense（1）

(chiefly US) To berate someone at length, usually from a position of authority or moral authority.

rakes someone over the coals

（ present singular third-person ）

raking someone over the coals

（ participle present ）

raked someone over the coals

（ participle past ）

raked someone over the coals

（ past ）