jump all over

jump all over (one)

To harshly criticize or reprimand one. The boss will jump all over us if he hears we were responsible for that printing error.
See also: all, jump, over
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

jump all over someone

 and jump down someone's throat; jump on someone
Fig. to scold someone severely. If I don't get home on time, my parents will jump all over me. Don't jump on me! I didn't do it! Please don't jump all over John. He wasn't the one who broke the window. Why are you jumping down my throat? I wasn't even in the house when it happened.
See also: all, jump, over
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • jump all over (one)
  • jump all over someone
  • jump to it
  • from jump street
  • jump street
  • jump in
  • jump down someone's throat, to
  • jump off the deep end
  • jump down somebody's throat
  • jump down someone's throat
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Corey Anderson was then sent packing by Steyn, with the South African, tearing in like an angry lion, making the New Zealand all-rounder jump all over the place, before forcing an I-want-to-run-away-from-here fended glove catch to the wicketkeeper.
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