give someone hell

give someone hell
1 when I found out I gave him hell: REPRIMAND SEVERELY, rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove, scold, berate, remonstrate with, reprehend, take to task, lambaste; read someone the Riot Act, give someone a piece of one's mind, haul over the coals; informal tell off, dress down, give someone an earful, give someone a roasting, rap over the knuckles, let someone have it, bawl out, come down hard on, lay into, blast; Brit. informal tick off, have a go at, carpet, give someone a rollicking, give someone a mouthful, tear someone off a strip, give someone what for; N. Amer. informal chew out; formal castigate.
2 she gave me hell when I was her junior: HARASS, hound, plague, harry, bother, trouble, bully, intimidate, pick on, victimize, terrorize; informal hassle, give someone a hard time.
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give someone hell
1. To punish, castigate or rebuke someone severely
2. To cause someone pain or misery
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Main Entry: ↑Hell

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give someone hell informal phrase
to be very angry with someone or treat them severely

Caroline would give me hell if she thought I’d lied.

Thesaurus: to be cruel or unkind to someonesynonym to say something, or to speak to someone in an angry waysynonym
Main entry: hell

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informal severely reprimand or make things very unpleasant for someone

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give (someone) hell
informal + somewhat impolite : to yell at or criticize (someone) in an angry way

Her boss gave her hell for coming in late.

Give them hell, John!

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Main Entry: ↑hell

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  • give someone hell — give (someone) hell informal 1. to speak to someone in a very angry way, because they have done something which has annoyed or upset you. Did your Dad give you hell about the dent in the car? 2. to make someone suffer. The children have been… …   New idioms dictionary

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  • give someone hell — informal to be very angry with someone or treat them severely Caroline would give me hell if she thought I d lied …   English dictionary

  • give someone hell — informal severely reprimand or make things very unpleasant for someone. → hell …   English new terms dictionary

  • give someone hell — upbraid someone, scold someone, make things difficult for someone …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Give them hell! — something that you say in order to tell someone who is going to take part in a competition to try as hard as they can to win. Remember, you re the best. Now go out there and give them hell! …   New idioms dictionary

  • give (someone) face — vb American to affront, provoke, deride. An item of black street slang heard in the 1990s. ► Are you giving me face? What the hell does that mean? (Made in America, US film, 1993) …   Contemporary slang

  • hell — See: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER, HELL ON WHEELS, LIKE HELL, TO HELL WITH, UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER, WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hell — See: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER, HELL ON WHEELS, LIKE HELL, TO HELL WITH, UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER, WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • give hell — give (someone) hell informal 1. to speak to someone in a very angry way, because they have done something which has annoyed or upset you. Did your Dad give you hell about the dent in the car? 2. to make someone suffer. The children have been… …   New idioms dictionary

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