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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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