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Phrase(s): yap at someone
1. Lit. [for a small dog] to bark at someone or something. • The dog yapped at the cat in great frustration. • I am tired of that dog yapping at me all the time! 2. Fig. [for someone] to scold or bark at someone shrilly. • Don’t yap at me. I didn’t do it. • Bob yapped at Bill for something he didn’t do.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs