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1revenge yourself on someone (for something) — revenge yourself on someone (for something)/be revenged on someone (for something)/ phrase to hurt or punish someone because they have hurt you or someone else Eric wanted to revenge himself on John for his arrogance. Thesaurus: to treat someone… …
2be revenged on someone (for something) — revenge yourself on someone (for something)/be revenged on someone (for something)/ phrase to hurt or punish someone because they have hurt you or someone else Eric wanted to revenge himself on John for his arrogance. Thesaurus: to treat someone… …
3punish */*/ — UK [ˈpʌnɪʃ] / US verb [transitive, often passive] Word forms punish : present tense I/you/we/they punish he/she/it punishes present participle punishing past tense punished past participle punished to make someone suffer because they have done… …
4punish — pun|ish [ pʌnıʃ ] verb transitive often passive ** to make someone suffer because they have done something against the law or against the rules: Anyone caught smoking on school premises will be punished. punish someone for (doing) something: He… …
5punish — ► VERB 1) impose a penalty on (someone) for an offence. 2) impose a penalty on someone for (an offence). 3) treat harshly or unfairly. DERIVATIVES punishable adjective. ORIGIN Latin punire, from poena penalty …
6punish — 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… …
7punish — 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 …
8punish — [[t]pʌ̱nɪʃ[/t]] punishes, punishing, punished 1) VERB To punish someone means to make them suffer in some way because they have done something wrong. [V n] I don t believe that George ever had to punish the children... [V n] According to present… …
9punish — 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… …
10find someone in contempt — punish someone for interfering with court proceedings or refusing to obey a court order …
