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lambaste

 [lam-beyst, -bast]   Origin

lam·baste

   [lam-beyst, -bast]
verb (used with object), lam·bast·ed, lam·bast·ing. Informal.
1.
to beat or whip severely.
2.
to reprimand or berate harshly; censure; excoriate.
Also, lam·bast.

Origin:
1630–40; apparently lam1 + baste3
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lambast or lambaste (læmˈbæst, læmˈbeɪst)
 
—vb
1.  to beat or whip severely
2.  to reprimand or scold
 
[C17: perhaps from lam1 + baste³]
 
lambaste or lambaste
 
—vb
 
[C17: perhaps from lam1 + baste³]

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lambaste
1630s, from lam (1590s, ult. from O.N. lemja "to beat, to lame") + baste "to thrash" (see baste). Related: Lambasted; lambasting.
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