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)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To punish someone for a serious transgression they have committed so that they do not commit it again.

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