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Gets upset, too, when you rebuke (4,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pull up

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'rebuke' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I can't understand how one could define the other.

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(Other definitions for pull up that I've seen before include "Take to task" , "Stop or cause to stop" , "Exercise" , "Halt" , "park" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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