teach someone a lesson
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teach someone a lesson (third-person singular simple present teaches someone a lesson, present participle teaching someone a lesson, simple past and past participle taught someone a lesson)
- (idiomatic, informal) To punish someone for something bad that they have done so that they do not do it again.
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punish (informal)
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