'read the riot act' definitions:
Synonyms of 'read the riot act'
- admonish,
- bring to book,
- call to account,
- chastise,
- chide,
- correct,
- have words with,
- lecture,
- objurgate,
- rate,
- rebuke,
- reprehend,
- reprimand,
- reprove,
- scold,
- set down,
- set straight,
- spank,
- straighten out,
- take down,
- take to task,
- upbraid
