scold about

scold (one) about (something)

To rebuke, upbraid, or criticize one about some problem, error, mistake, or wrongdoing. The manager scolded the entire team about the disastrous launch of their latest product. He scolded his daughter about the crayon marks all over the walls.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

scold someone about something

to rebuke or chastise someone about something. How many times have I scolded you about that? Please don't scold me about something I didn't do.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • scold
  • scold (one) about (something)
  • scolding
  • scold (one) for (something)
  • scold for
  • rebuke
  • rebuke (someone or something) for (doing) (something)
  • rebuke for
  • reprimand
  • reprimand for
References in periodicals archive
In his Times piece, Sullivan, an editor at The New Republic (and a conservative homosexual known for his Thatcherite economic views), maintains that the new breed of moralist -- the scold about which he writes -- is "inherently pessimistic." The agenda is elitist and the aim social control of an American demos perceived as immoral and anarchic.
`Muscular Christians' could use some `soul logic'