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bitch (v.)

complain, gripe, kvetch, grouse, grumble, badmouth, harp on, sound off, beef, bellyache, carp, crab, criticize, denounce, disapprove, dissent, object, protest, reproach, backbite, bawl out, call/dress down, call on the carpet/mat, cuss, make cutting remarks/dirty digs/cracks, give someone hell/the devil/a going-over, lambaste, to give someone lip, make it hot for, pick on, pick a bone with, pitch into, put down, put someone in their place, tell someone where to get off. See also bitch (n.).


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