get after

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Urge or scold someone about doing something. For example, Dad should get after Billy to mow the lawn, or Mary got after Jane for forgetting her house key. Also see keep after.

Words nearby get after

get a rise out of, get a thing about, get a word in edgewise, get about, get across, get after, get ahead, get along, get an in with, get another guess, get around

Words related to get after

discipline, castigate, chastise, scold, denounce, chide, berate, admonish, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, rebuff, disapprove, asperse, incriminate, reprove, ostracize, reprehend, attack, lecture