Related Clues:

• Puts down
• Scolds
• Dresses down
• Chews out
• Harangues
• Chides
• Rips into
• Does as this puzzle's theme suggests?
• Upbraids
• Takes to task
• Deserter, beset by insects, curses
• Gives a scolding to
• Reams out
• Gives a dressing-down to
• Jumps all over