roar up

British  

verb

1. informal (tr, adverb) to rebuke or reprimand (a person)

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Example Sentences

Once everybody was in position, and all of the safety measures had been put in place, he wanted me to help set the “head fire,” a 6-foot wall of flame that would roar up the hill and consume dozens of acres in a matter of minutes.

From Los Angeles Times

Flames roar up the sides of pans, pots clatter like artillery, slabs of beef are dragged and hoisted like casualties.

From New York Times

The whole thing made me so mad, I felt like smoke might shoot from my ears, and if I parted my lips even the slightest bit, fire would roar up from my stomach and burn the whole place down.

From Literature

It was a welcome sight; for here was a great bedroom well lighted and warmed with another log fire,—also added to but lately, for the top logs were fresh—which sent a hollow roar up the wide chimney.

From Literature

Sometimes my ex-wife will roar up in her Jeep, music blaring, children in the back and her fiancée next to her.

From New York Times