expostulate about someone or something
- expostulate about someone or something
expostulate about someone or something & expostulate on someone or something
to comment or argue intensely about someone or something. •
He always seems to be expostulating on something. Why can't he simply say “Yes” or “No”?
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Sam is expostulating on Bill's many shortcomings again.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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