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hauling someone over the coals

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
haul-ing -some-one over the -coals
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of haul someone over the coals

Questions

What does hauling someone over the coals mean?
present participle and gerund of haul someone over the coals

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