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Definition of read the riot act
read the riot act
verb - transitive
- to reprimand.
Last edited on Sep 14 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'act': | |
| Definitions include: to act foolish; under the influence of alcohol or drugs; or to do something dangerous. | |
| Definitions include: to play around. | |
| Definitions include: to put on airs. | |
| Definitions include: to act superior. | |
| Definitions include: See act like (one's) shit doesn't stink. | |
| Definitions include: to misbehave. | |
| Definitions include: something superior in quality. | |
| Definitions include: to get one's life in order. | |
| Definitions include: to be included in a deception. | |
| Definitions include: a sexual encounter between a gay male and a straight female. | |
Other terms relating to 'read': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Guardian Reader Of Low Intelligence in Ethnic Skirt", an insult used by doctors in the UK on medical charts. | |
| Definitions include: rappers that only have the ability to rhyme using single-syllable words. | |
| Definitions include: Knowing exactly where another person is 'coming from' and telling the person about it esp. in front of the crowd if any. | |
| Definitions include: to look for hidden subtext. | |
| Definitions include: "pay close attention." | |
| Definitions include: See you and check you out and make sure everything's alright between us. (from Clockwork Orange). | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Read the fucking manual." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "read the manual". | |
| Definitions include: See tl;dr. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "too long; didn't read." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "too long; will read later". | |
Other terms relating to 'riot': | |
| Definitions include: something or someone extremely funny. | |
| Definitions include: an underground feminist punk movement that started in the early 1990s, often associated with third-wave feminism. | |
| Definitions include: Grain alcohol mixed with anything else to dilute it (e.g. fruit juice.) | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: inclusive. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
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