to teach someone a lesson
1teach someone a lesson — teach (someone) a lesson To bring home to (someone) his or her folly • • • Main Entry: ↑teach * * * teach someone a lesson informal phrase to punish someone for doing something bad so that they do not do it again She thought he was rude and… …
2teach someone a lesson — teach (someone) a lesson to show what should not be done. You would think that losing her job because she took too much time off would have taught her a lesson, but it s happened again! He had this idea that the government is evil and must be… …
3teach (someone) a lesson — To bring home to (someone) his or her folly ● teach …
4teach someone a lesson — If you teach somebody a lesson, you do something to punish them for behaving badly and make them understand that they should not do it again. The next time she arrives late, she ll find the door closed. That ll teach her a lesson! …
5teach someone a lesson — informal to punish someone for doing something bad so that they do not do it again She thought he was rude and needed to be taught a lesson …
6teach someone a lesson — verb To punish someone. Syn: fix someones wagon …
7teach — [ titʃ ] (past tense and past participle taught [ tɔt ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to help students to learn something in a school, college, university, etc. by giving classes: How long have you been teaching here? teach… …
8teach a lesson — teach (someone) a lesson To bring home to (someone) his or her folly • • • Main Entry: ↑teach …
9teach a lesson — teach (someone) a lesson to show what should not be done. You would think that losing her job because she took too much time off would have taught her a lesson, but it s happened again! He had this idea that the government is evil and must be… …
10teach */*/*/ — UK [tiːtʃ] / US [tɪtʃ] verb Word forms teach : present tense I/you/we/they teach he/she/it teaches present participle teaching past tense taught UK [tɔːt] / US [tɔt] past participle taught 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to help students to learn …