1. Beat with a cane
   - cane, flog, lambast 
2. Censure severely or angrily
   - call on the carpet [US], take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambast, ream [N. Amer]

Derived forms: lambastes, lambasted

Type of: beat, beat up, criticise [Brit], criticize, knock, pick apart, work over

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