"give someone hell" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} give someone hell
  1. (idiomatic, informal, sarcastic) To criticize extremely severely or extremely angrily at someone. Tags: idiomatic, informal, sarcastic
    Sense id: en-give_someone_hell-en-phrase-AjSt59DW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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