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to read somebody the riot act
[read] the riot act to {sb}to read somebody the riot act
01
to angrily warn or threaten someone so that they will not make the same mistake
Dialect
British
British
Idiom
Informal
Beispiele
In the family meeting, the parents had to read their teenager the riot act about responsible use of social media and curfew adherence.
