- read someone the riot act
- If you read someone the riot act, you give them a clear warning that if they don't stop doing something, they will be in serious trouble.(Dorking School Dictionary)
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read someone the riot act
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read someone the riot act — read (someone) the riot act see ↑riot, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑read read (someone) the riot act : to speak in an angry and critical way to (someone who has done something wrong) : to tell (someone) that bad behavior will be severely punished if it… … Useful english dictionary
read someone the riot act — read (someone) the riot act to strongly warn someone to stop behaving badly. Alice read Randi the riot act, telling her, “If you don t like it here, you can just go back where you came from.” The secretary of state said she plans to read the riot … New idioms dictionary
read someone the riot act — read (someone) the riot act to speak angrily to someone about something they have done and warn them that they will be punished if they do it again. He d put up with a lot of bad behaviour from his son and thought it was time to read him the riot … New idioms dictionary
read someone the riot act — If you read someone the riot act, you give them a clear warning that if they don t stop doing something, they will be in serious trouble … The small dictionary of idiomes
read (someone) the riot act — phrase to warn someone that they will be punished if they do not stop behaving badly Thesaurus: to warn someone about or against somethingsynonym Main entry: riot … Useful english dictionary
Read someone the riot act — If you read someone the riot act, you give them a clear warning that if they don t stop doing something, they will be in serious trouble … Dictionary of English idioms
read someone the Riot Act — give someone a severe warning or reprimand. [from the name of a former act partly read out to disperse rioters.] → riot … English new terms dictionary
read someone the riot act — give someone a strict scolding, reprimand strongly … English contemporary dictionary
read someone the riot act — idi to reprove or warn someone sharply … From formal English to slang
read the riot act — read (someone) the riot act to strongly warn someone to stop behaving badly. Alice read Randi the riot act, telling her, “If you don t like it here, you can just go back where you came from.” The secretary of state said she plans to read the riot … New idioms dictionary
