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reads the riot act (to)phrasepresent tense third-person singular of read the riot act (to) to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failingsThe officer read the riot act to her for speeding in a school zone. bastes, bawls out, berates, calls down, castigates, chastises, chews out, dresses down, flays, hammers, jaws, keelhauls, lambastes(or lambasts), lectures, rags, rails (at or against), rants (at), rates, reams (out), rebukes, reprimands, reproaches, scolds, scores, tongue-lashes, upbraids admonishes, chides, remonstrates (with), reprovesabuses, assails, attacks, bad-mouths, blames, blasts, censures, condemns, criticizes, crucifies, denounces, disses(slang), excoriates, faults, harangues, knocks, laces (into), lashes, pans, reprehends, reviles, scourges, slams, vituperatesbelittles, disparages, mocks, puts downridicules, scoffs, scorns lays into, takes to task approves, endorses(also indorses), sanctionsextols(also extolls), lauds, praises |