| 单词 | read the riot act |
| 释义 | read the riot act to give somebody a severe warning or reprimand [from the Riot Act passed under George I in 1715 at the time of the Jacobite riots. It prescribed that a group of twelve or more people assembled for an unlawful purpose could be arrested if they refused to disperse.]Main Entry: riot |
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