pitch into sb/sth
informal— phrasal verb with pitch uk/pɪtʃ/us/pɪtʃ/verb
to criticize or attack someone or something forcefully:
He pitched into me as soon as I arrived, asking where the work was.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- nagging
- pick holes in sth idiom
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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