teach someone a lesson (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: To punish someone for a serious transgression they have committed so that they do not commit it again.
tags: idiomatic
informal
Forms:
form: teaches someone a lesson
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: teaching someone a lesson
tags: participle
present
form: taught someone a lesson
tags: participle
past
form: taught someone a lesson
tags: past