teach someone a lesson
To punish someone for a serious transgression they have committed so that they do not commit it again.
lesson
UK /ˈlɛs.ən/ US /ˈlɛs.ən/
noun 5verb 2
Definitions
verb
1
To instruct to teach.
And you, my sister—you, who lesson me on endurance, your cheek is pale, and your step languid; even with you, how much has life lost its interest!
noun
1
A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
In our school a typical working week consists of around twenty lessons and ten hours of related laboratory work.
2
A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
3
Something learned or to be learned.
Nature has many lessons to teach to us.
4
Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.
I hope this accident taught you a lesson!
The accident was a good lesson to me.
5
A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.
Here endeth the first lesson.
verb
1
To give a lesson to; to teach.
her owne daughter Pleasure, to whom shee Made her companion, and her lessoned In all the lore of loue, and goodly womanhead.
To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad, Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad.
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