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Phrase(s): carp at someone or something
to criticize someone or something. • Poor Clara is carping at Bill’s carelessness again. • Please stop carping at me., Phrase(s): carp at someone (about someone or something)
to complain to someone about someone or something. • Why are you always carping at me about your family? • You are always carping at Joan about her brother.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs