Definition
To punish someone severely, as by sacking (firing), imprisonment, or similarly harsh penalties.
In Context
- "The boss will have his head for losing the biggest customer over a mistake."
Also Said As
- have someone's guts for garters
- have someone's hide
- tan someone's hide
- amerce
- castigate
- chasten
- chastise
- come down on
- correct
- fix someone's wagon
- have someone's guts for garters
- have someone's head
- have someone's hide
- give it to someone
- give someone what for
- give what for
- gruel
- malavogue
- nail someone to the wall
- penalize
- penance
- punish
- tan someone's hide
- tar out
- teach someone a lesson