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take someone to the woodshedNorth American informal, dated Reprove or punish someone: if you miss the call, you get taken to the woodshed...- They was gonna take him to the woodshed but then they let him off the hook.
- Most of you were entertained, some were info-tained, but a couple of readers took me to the woodshed.
- It's now time to take him to the woodshed for a good old-fashioned whipping.
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