punish someone severely

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• skin someone alive — humorous phrase to be very angry with someone, or to punish them very severely I thought he was going to skin me alive when he saw the phone bill! Thesaurus: to punish someonesynonym punishment of being legally killedhyponym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• have someone's guts for garters — have someone’s guts for garters british old fashioned phrase used for saying that you will punish someone severely for something they have done Thesaurus: to punish someonesynonym punishment of being legally killedhyponym Main entry: guts …   Useful english dictionary

• make an example of someone — phrase to punish someone severely as a way of warning other people not to do the same thing Thesaurus: to punish someonesynonym punishment of being legally killedhyponym Main entry: example …   Useful english dictionary

• tan someone's hide — (informal) To whip or beat someone • • • Main Entry: ↑hide * * * tan (or whip) someone s hide beat or flog someone ■ punish someone severely * * * tan someone s hide informal + old fashioned : to beat or whip (someone) very badly He threatened to …   Useful english dictionary

• come down hard on someone — in. to cold someone; to punish someone severely. □ Joe’s parents came down hard on him when they learned he had been suspended from school. □ The judge came down hard on the crooks …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• have someone's guts for garters — British old fashioned used for saying that you will punish someone severely for something they have done …   English dictionary

• make an example of someone — to punish someone severely as a way of warning other people not to do the same thing …   English dictionary

• tear someone/something down — 1) demolish something, esp. a building 2) informal criticize or punish someone severely …   Useful english dictionary

• punish — pun|ish [ˈpʌnıʃ] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: punir, from Latin punire, from poena; PAIN1] 1.) to make someone suffer because they have done something wrong or broken the law →↑punishment, punitive ↑punitive ▪ Smacking is not an… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• punish — verb (T) 1 to make someone suffer because they have done something wrong or broken the law: Some people believe that smacking is not an acceptable way to punish a child. | In some countries women who have abortions can be punished by imprisonment …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• punish — verb 1》 inflict a penalty on as retribution for an offence.     ↘inflict a penalty on someone for (an offence).     ↘informal capitalize on (an opponent s mistake). 2》 treat harshly or severely. Derivatives punishable adjective punisher noun… …   English new terms dictionary