read someone the riot act
Verb
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Verb
- (idiomatic) To scold or berate somebody; to reprimand.
- She really read him the riot act about his smoking habit.
- (British, Commonwealth, , archaic, historic) To give a formal warning for a riotous assembly to disperse, usually through reading a section of the Riot Act.
- See also Thesaurus:reprehend
- German: jemandem die Leviten lesen
- Italian: dare una lavata di capo, rimproverare
- Russian: устро́ить головомойка
- Spanish: leer la cartilla, cantar las cuarenta, regañar
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