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haul over the coals

verb as in rake over the coals

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dress-down
give a piece of one's mind
reprimand

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Explain these phrases: "to be in hot water;" "to go through fire and water;" and "to haul over the coals."

Another way of performing the fire ordeal was by running through the flame of two fires built close together, or by walking over live brands; hence the phrase "to haul over the coals."

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