give someone what for (English, verb)
expansion: give someone what for (third-person singular simple present gives someone what for, present participle giving someone what for, simple past gave someone what for, past participle given someone what for)
Senses:
glosses: To punish; to rebuke.
tags: idiomatic
slang
Forms:
form: gives someone what for
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: giving someone what for
tags: participle
present
form: gave someone what for
tags: past
form: given someone what for
tags: participle
past