All haul over the coals synonyms
coal
H h verb haul over the coals
- reprimand — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- dress-down — pertaining to or being a policy that allows employees to dress less formally than usual: dress-down days during the summer.
- give a piece of one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.