to strike someone or attack someone verbally. (Informal. With both barrels simply intensifies the phrase.) • I really let Tom have it with both barrels. I told him he had better not do that again if he knows what's good for him. • Bob let John have it—right on the chin.
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both barrels, with With full force, as in When I scolded her for stealing, I let her have it with both barrels. This term alludes to firing with both barrels of a double-barreled shotgun. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]
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