keep atsomeone (about something)

keep atsomeone (about something)
keep after someone (about something) & keep atsomeone (about something) & keep on someone (aboutsomething) & stay after someone (about something)
to remind or nag someone over and over to do something. •

I'll keep after you until you do it!

Mother stayed after Bill until he did the dishes.

She kept at him until he dried them and put them away.

We will have to keep on him about the report until he turns it in.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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