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 … New idioms dictionary
get after — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms get after : present tense I/you/we/they get after he/she/it gets after present participle getting after past tense got after past participle got after 1) get after someone/something to chase someone or… … English dictionary
get after — phrasal : to subject to exhortation, reprimand, or attack lax in getting after home repair racketeers Wall Street Journal * * * get after [phrasal verb] get after (someone) US, informal : to tell (someone) repeatedly to do something … Useful english dictionary
get after — v. (H) ( to induce ) you ll have to get after him to trim the bushes * * * (H) ( to induce ) you ll have to get after him to trim the bushes … Combinatory dictionary
get after — (smb) urge or make someone do something he should do but has neglected I ll get after him to fix the computer as soon as he returns. (smb) ругать, критиковать; добраться до кого л. (pазг.) When Jill failed in three courses, her father got after… … Idioms and examples
get after someone — 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 … New idioms dictionary
get after — {v.}, {informal} 1. To try or try again to make someone do what he is supposed to do. * /Ann s mother gets after her to hang up her clothes./ 2. To scold or make an attack on. * /Bob s mother got after him for tracking mud into the house./ * /The … Dictionary of American idioms
get after — {v.}, {informal} 1. To try or try again to make someone do what he is supposed to do. * /Ann s mother gets after her to hang up her clothes./ 2. To scold or make an attack on. * /Bob s mother got after him for tracking mud into the house./ * /The … Dictionary of American idioms
get\ after — v informal 1. To try or try again to make someone do what he is supposed to do. Ann s mother gets after her to hang up her clothes. 2. To scold or make an attack on. Bob s mother got after him for tracking mud into the house. The police are… … Словарь американских идиом
get after — scold, lecture, give you hell [B] Mom got after us for smoking. She told us it was a bad habit … English idioms
