English Explanatory Dictionary

teach someone a lesson

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To punish someone for a serious transgression they have committed so that they do not commit it again.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

teach someone a lesson teaches someone a lesson teaching someone a lesson taught someone a lesson

Synonyms

have someone's head fix someone's wagon nail someone to the wall amerce castigate chasten chastise come down on correct have someone's guts for garters have someone's hide give it to someone give someone what for give what for gruel malavogue penalize penance punish tan someone's hide tar out teach someone a lesson

Related words

show someone who's boss
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