start on at sb
— phrasal verb with start uk/stɑːt/us/stɑːrt/verb
UK to start complaining angrily to someone about something they have done:
She started on at him about the way he's always looking at other women.
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
- nark
- protest
- quibble
- squeal
- whinger
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