write sb up
US— phrasal verb with write uk/raɪt/us/raɪt/verb wrote, written or old use writ
to report someone for not obeying a law or rule:
The cop said he'd have to write me up for not stopping at the red light.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Complaining
- beef
- bewail
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
- cavil
- chunter
- complainant
- complaint
- groan
- grouse
- harp
- harp on (about sth)
- huff and puff idiom
- kick
- lodge
- make a noise about sth idiom
- protest
- quibble
- squeal
- start on at sb
- whinger
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