All jawbone synonyms

verb jawbone

• urge — to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
• wangle — to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by scheming or underhand methods: to wangle an invitation.
• worm — Write-Once Read-Many
• arm-twist — to subject to arm-twisting: The unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
• butter up — If someone butters you up, they try to please you because they want you to help or support them.
• come on — You say 'Come on' to someone to encourage them to do something they do not much want to do.
• rope in — a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
• talk into — persuade
• work on — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
• admonish — If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
• berate — If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
• castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
• censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
• chide — If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish.
• go after — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• reprimand — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
• reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
• scold — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
• upbraid — to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
• blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
• fry — to cook in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.
• lecture — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
• lesson — a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject: The manual was broken down into 50 lessons.
• monish — to admonish.
• pay — to coat or cover (seams, a ship's bottom, etc.) with pitch, tar, or the like.
• rake — inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
• read — to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.
• reprehend — to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.
• reprove — to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
• rip — to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.
• zap — to kill or shoot.
• bawl out — If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong.
• call on the carpet — (chiefly US) To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily.
• chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
• dress down — of or for a dress or dresses.
• jump on — to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
• lay into — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
• lean on — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
• sit on — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
• sound off — the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
• take to task — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
• tear apart — rip to pieces
• tell off — to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
• tick off — a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.