READ THE RIOT ACT

Meaning of READ THE RIOT ACT in English

give someone a strong warning or scolding The teacher read the riot act to her students when they began to misbehave in class.

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READ THE RIOT ACT — phrasal to order a mob to disperse, 2. to order or warn to cease something, to protest vehemently, to reprimand …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
READ THE RIOT ACT — phrasal 1. : to order (as a mob) to disperse 2. a. : to issue a peremptory order or warning …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
READ THE RIOT ACT — give someone a strict scolding, reprimand strongly
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READ THE RIOT ACT — 1. : to order a mob to disperse 2. a. : to order or warn to cease something b. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
READ THE RIOT ACT — 1 : to order a mob to disperse 2 a : to order or warn to cease something b : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
READ THE RIOT ACT — Synonyms and related words : admonish, bring to book, call to account, chastise, chide, correct, have words with, lecture, objurgate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
READ THE RIOT ACT — {v. phr.} To give someone a strong warning or scolding. * /Three boys were late to class and the teacher …
Slang English vocab
READ THE RIOT ACT — {v. phr.} To give someone a strong warning or scolding. * /Three boys were late to class and the teacher …
Словарь английских идиом
READ THE RIOT ACT — v. phr. To give someone a strong warning or scolding. Three boys were late to class and the teacher read …
American Idioms English vocabulary
READ THE RIOT ACT — делать строгий выговор, строгое предупреждение Syn : reprimand 2.
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READ THE RIOT ACT — делать строгий выговор, строгое предупреждение Syn:reprimand 2.
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
READ THE RIOT ACT — давать нагоняй, предупредить толпу о необходимости разойтись
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READ THE RIOT ACT — давать нагоняй, предупредить толпу о необходимости разойтись
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READ THE RIOT ACT — делать строгий выговор, строгое предупреждение Syn: reprimand 2.
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
READ THE RIOT ACT — делать строгий выговор, строгое предупреждение Syn: reprimand 2.
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
READ THE RIOT ACT — делать строгий выговор, строгое предупреждение Syn : reprimand 2.
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ACT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Ballot Act British North America Act Canada Act Constitution Act Civil Rights Act of …
Английский словарь Британика
RIOT — I. ˈrīət, usu -əd.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English riot, riote, from Old French riot, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
READ — I. ˈrēd verb ( read ˈred ; read “ ; reading ˈrēdiŋ, -dēŋ ; reads ˈrēdz) Etymology: Middle English reden …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ACT — I. ˈakt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English acte, partly from Latin actus doing, driving, performance, recital, part of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RIOT — (v. i.) To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, …
Английский словарь Webster
READ — (v. t.) To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take …
Английский словарь Webster
RIOT — — rioter , n. /ruy"euht/ , n. 1. a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
READ — read 1 /reed/ , v. , read /red/ , reading /ree"ding/ , n. v.t. 1. to look at carefully so …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ACT — /akt/ , n. 1. anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act. 2. the process …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RIOT — I. ˈrī-ət noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French riote rash action, noise, disorder Date: 13th century 1. archaic a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
READ — I. ˈrēd verb ( read ˈred ; read·ing ˈrē-diŋ) Etymology: Middle English reden to advise, interpret, read, from Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ACT — I. ˈakt noun Etymology: Middle English, partly from Latin actus doing, act, from agere to drive, do; partly from Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIOT — vt to spend or pass in riot. 2. riot ·noun wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult. 3. riot ·noun excessive …
Webster English vocab
READ — noun rennet. ·see 3d reed. 2. read ·vi to learn by reading. 3. read ·vi to give advice or counsel. …
Webster English vocab
ACT — vi to perform on the stage; to represent a character. 2. act ·vt to feign or counterfeit; to simulate. 3. …
Webster English vocab
READ — [read] vb read ; read.ing [ME reden to advise, interpret, read, fr. OE raedan; akin to OHG ratan to advise, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RIOT — in criminal law, offense against public order involving three or more people and the use of violence, however slight. Like …
Britannica English vocabulary
RIOT — / ˈraɪət; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a situation in which a group of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
READ — verb / riːd; NAmE / noun /riːd/ adjective / red/ ■ verb /riːd/ ( read , read /red/) WORDS / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ACT — / ækt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun STH THAT SB DOES 1. [ C ] a particular thing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIOT — I. ri ‧ ot 1 /ˈraɪət/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: 'quarrel' ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
READ — I. read 1 S1 W1 /riːd/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle read /red/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ACT — I. act 1 S1 W1 /ækt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ act , ↑ action ≠ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RIOT — n. & v. --n. 1 a a disturbance of the peace by a crowd; an occurrence of public disorder. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
READ — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. read) 1 tr. (also absol.) reproduce mentally or (often foll. by aloud, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ACT — n. & v. --n. 1 something done; a deed; an action. 2 the process of doing something (caught in the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RIOT — n. & v. n. 1 a a disturbance of the peace by a crowd; an occurrence of public disorder. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
READ — v. & n. v. (past and past part. read) 1 tr. (also absol.) reproduce mentally or (often foll. by aloud, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ACT — n. & v. n. 1 something done; a deed; an action. 2 the process of doing something (caught in the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RIOT — n. & v. --n. 1. a a disturbance of the peace by a crowd; an occurrence of public disorder. b …
Oxford English vocab
READ — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. read) 1. tr. (also absol.) reproduce mentally or (often foll. by aloud, …
Oxford English vocab
ACT — n. & v. n. 1. something done; a deed; an action. 2 the process of doing something (caught in the …
Oxford English vocab
RIOT — ( riots, rioting, rioted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When there …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
READ — The form 'read' is pronounced /ri:d/ when it is the present tense, and /red/ when it is the past tense …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ACT — ( acts, acting, acted) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIOT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES full-scale attack/war/riot etc quell the violence/disturbance/riot etc ▪ Police used live ammunition to quell …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
READ — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a compass bearing/reading (= a direction shown by a compass ) ▪ We took …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ACT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RIOT — [noun] [C] - a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled public gatheringInner-city riots erupted when a local tax was increased.Police in riot …
Cambridge English vocab
ACT — n. sacramental act Ballot Act British North America Act Canada Act Constitution Act Civil Rights Act of 1964 Constitutional Act …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RIOT — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ major , serious ▪ full-scale ▪ bloody , violent ▪ deadly ( esp. AmE ) ▪ inner-city …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ACT
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
READ — INDEX: 1. to read something 2. to read something quickly 3. to read only parts of something 4. to read …
Longman Activator English vocab
RIOT
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
READ — n. 25B6; verb he was reading the newspaper : PERUSE, study, scrutinize, look through; pore over, be absorbed in; run …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ACT — n. 25B6; verb the Government must act to remedy the situation : TAKE ACTION, take steps, take measures, move, react. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RIOT — n. 1 rioting, riotous behaviour, disturbance, uproar, tumult, turmoil, (civil) disorder, lawlessness, hubbub, rumpus, turbulence, fracas, fray, affray, mêlée or …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RIOT — 1. сущ. 1) бунт; восстание, мятеж to cause, foment, incite a riot ≈ вызвать бунт to crush, put down, quell …
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