pick sb up on sth
— phrasal verb with pick uk/pɪk/us/pɪk/verb
to criticize someone about something they have said:
"I want to pick you up on the point you made a few minutes ago about personal morality, Archbishop."
His teacher picked him up on his pronunciation.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Chastising & rebuking
- admonition
- barracking
- bawl
- be in sb's face idiom
- beat yourself up
- bring
- come down on sb like a ton of bricks idiom
- crucify
- dressing-down
- keelhaul
- lambaste
- lay
- neck
- rebuke
- reprimand
- reproachful
- there'll be hell to pay idiom
- throw
- throw the book at sb idiom
- upbraid
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