take someone to the woodshed N. Amer.

take someone to the woodshed N. Amer.
take someone to the woodshed N. Amer.
informal
discreetly reprove or punish someone.

English new terms dictionary. 2014.

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  • woodshed — noun a shed where firewood is stored. verb (woodsheds, woodshedding, woodshedded) [usu. as noun woodshedding] informal (of a musician) practise in private. ↘improvise or harmonize spontaneously. Phrases something nasty in the woodshed Brit.… …   English new terms dictionary

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