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.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• 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