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get after

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get after someone

to criticize what someone does. I get after my mother about what she eats because I really love her.

Related vocabulary: on your back, on someone's case

See also: after

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get a word in edgeways
get a word in edgewise
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get across
get act together

get after
get ahead
get ahold of
get along
get an earful
get an even break
get an eyeful
get arms around

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