Phrases. Dutch or wet bargain: one concluded by the parties drinking together. into (toobs.) the bargain: over and above what is stipulated or…

intransitive. To bear the penalty or suffer severely for an offence, misdemeanour, etc.

intransitive. To undergo severe affliction or punishment; to suffer severely. Often to sweat for it, to suffer the penalty, ‘get it hot’. Now rare or…

transitive. To receive (severe punishment), esp. in a flogging or a boxing match. Frequently in to nap it (cf. to catch it at catch, v. phrases 12)…

colloquial. To receive a punishment, scolding, or beating; to ‘catch it’. Also: to receive a blow, to be hit.

to give (a person) Jesse: to treat or handle severely; to beat or scold soundly. Similarly to catchor get Jesse.

colloquial. to get (also catch, take) it in the neck: to be hit hard (by something); to be severely reprimanded or punished. to give it in the neck…

Literary and proverbial uses:— Slang phrases: not to know beans (U.S.): not to know something, to be not well informed; not to care beans (U.S.), not…

slang (originally U.S.). The maximum penalty or charge for a person accused of criminal activity. Chiefly in to throw the book at a person: to…