verb
Meaning 1
To punish someone severely, as by sacking (firing), imprisonment, or similarly harsh penalties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, idiomatic
Examples
- The boss will have his head for losing the biggest customer over a mistake.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: have someone's guts for garters, have someone's hide, tan someone's hide, amerce, castigate, chasten, chastise, come down on, correct, fix someone's wagon, have someone's head, give it to someone, give someone what for, give what for, gruel, malavogue, nail someone to the wall, penalize, penance, punish, tar out, teach someone a lesson
Antonyms: none provided