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

• long-winded
• look after
• look after someone
• look after something
• look a gift horse in the mouth
• look ahead
• look a million dollars
• look askance at
• look askance at someone
• look askance at something
• look back
• Look before you leap.
• look daggers at
• look daggers at someone
• look down nose at
• look down nose at someone
• look down nose at something
• look down on
• look down on someone
• look down on something
• look down your nose at
• look down your nose at someone
• look down your nose at something
• look for
• look for something