get after

Idioms and Phrases

Urge or scold someone about doing something. For example, Dad should get after Billy to mow the lawn , or Mary got after Jane for forgetting her house key . Also see keep after .

Example Sentences

The biggest compliment you can get after doing an interview with any politician is that you asked tough questions.

From Salon

Joe Root said there are “many more runs still to get” after he overhauled Sir Alastair Cook to become England’s all-time leading Test runscorer.

From BBC

When you really want to get after City and chase them, it is so difficult to rattle them because of how comfortable and confident players like him are on the ball.

From BBC

“In the past, you would have seen us try and get after that opportunity in 20 different markets in 20 different ways,” McDonald's CFO Ian Borden told reporters earlier this year, per Food & Wine.

From Salon

“At the end of the day I play nasty, play gritty. I’m a gritty person, hard worker. So, I’m willing to get after it, get after guys,’’ Jerrell said on his style of play.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• admonish
• berate
• castigate
• chastise
• chide
• denounce
• discipline
• rebuff
• rebuke
• reprimand
• reproach
• scold