to make an example of
1make an example of — To punish severely as a warning to others • • • Main Entry: ↑example * * * punish as a warning to others * * * make an example of ◇ If you make an example of a person who has done something wrong, you punish that person as a way of warning other… …
2make an example of someone — make an example of (someone) to punish someone for doing something so that other people will not do the same thing. They want to make an example of him by keeping him in prison under very difficult conditions …
3make an example of — (someone) to punish someone for doing something so that other people will not do the same thing. They want to make an example of him by keeping him in prison under very difficult conditions …
4make an example of — ► make an example of punish as a warning to others. Main Entry: ↑example …
5make 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 …
6make an example of — index discipline (punish) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7make an example of somebody — make an example of sb idiom to punish sb as a warning to others not to do the same thing Main entry: ↑exampleidiom …
8make an example of — {v. phr.} To punish (someone) publicly to show what happens when someone does wrong. * /The teacher made an example of the boy who copied from another student during a test./ * /The Pilgrims made an example of a thief by putting him in the stocks …
9make an example of — {v. phr.} To punish (someone) publicly to show what happens when someone does wrong. * /The teacher made an example of the boy who copied from another student during a test./ * /The Pilgrims made an example of a thief by putting him in the stocks …
10make\ an\ example\ of — v. phr. To punish (someone) publicly to show what happens when someone does wrong. The teacher made an example of the boy who copied from another student during a test. The Pilgrims made an example of a thief by putting him in the stocks …
