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

• a big shot
• a big wheel
• a billet-doux
• a bird-brain
• a bird in the hand
• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
• a bird's eye view
• a bite of the cherry
• a bite to eat
• a bit much
• a bit of all right
• a bit of fluff
• a bit of how's your father
• a bit of rough
• a bit of skirt
• a bit on the side
• a bitter pill
• a bitter pill to swallow
• a bit too much
• a black day
• a black mark
• a blank cheque
• a blast from the past
• a bleeding heart
• a blessing in disguise