haul someone over the coals (English, verb)
expansion: haul someone over the coals (third-person singular simple present hauls someone over the coals, present participle hauling someone over the coals, simple past and past participle hauled someone over the coals)
Senses:
glosses: To express anger with someone in no uncertain terms when they do something wrong.
tags: UK
idiomatic
Forms:
form: hauls someone over the coals
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hauling someone over the coals
tags: participle
present
form: hauled someone over the coals
tags: participle
past
form: hauled someone over the coals
tags: past