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Phrase(s): bark at someone Fig. to speak harshly to someone. • Don’t bark at me like that over such a trivial mistake! • Ken barked at the children for being noisy.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): bark at someone or something Lit. [for a dog] to make a characteristic sharp sound at someone or something. (See also bark at someone.) • The dog is barking at the traffic again. • Their guard dog was barking at me.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs