| beat | (v) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict, Syn. shell, vanquish, trounce, beat out, crush, Example: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship; We beat the competition; Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game |
| call on the carpet | (v) censure severely or angrily, Syn. rebuke, rag, lambaste, dress down, call down, take to task, scold, chew out, remonstrate, chide, berate, lambast, lecture, trounce, jaw, reproof, bawl out, chew up, have words, reprimand, Example: The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car; The deputy ragged the Prime Minister; The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup |
| flog | (v) beat severely with a whip or rod, Syn. trounce, slash, lash, strap, lather, welt, whip, Example: The teacher often flogged the students; The children were severely trounced |
