give someone what-for
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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)
- (idiomatic) To admonish or berate; to speak angrily at somebody.
- He really gave the kid what-for about the baseball through his window.
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