verb
Meaning 1
to punish or discipline extremely harshly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: have someone's head, give someone what for, teach someone a lesson, amerce, castigate, chasten, chastise, come down on, correct, fix someone's wagon, have someone's guts for garters, have someone's hide, give it to someone, give what for, gruel, malavogue, nail someone to the wall, penalize, penance, punish, tan someone's hide, tar out
Antonyms: none provided