Idiom: Give Someone What ForCheck definitions of...give someone what for MeaningsHow to pronounce "give someone what for":AU Your browser does not support the audio element. To punish; to rebuke.A-Z Proximitiesgive someone their cardsgive someone the old heave-hogive someone the runaroundgive someone the slipgive someone to understand give someone what for give someone what-forgive someone woodgive something a gogive something a missgive something a trySimilar Idiomsgive someone an inch and someone will take a milegive someone a bloody nosegive someone a breakgive someone a handgive someone a hard timegive someone an earfulgive someone a piece of one's mindgive someone a ringgive someone a shoutgive someone a speaking togive someone enough ropegive someone grey hairgive someone griefgive someone Hail Columbiagive someone his headgive someone linegive someone the baggive someone the bootgive someone the brush-offgive someone the businessSimilar Phrasesbreak someone's heartin someone's waypull someone's legpull the wool over someone's eyessell someone outtake someone's sidegive a hanggive a hootgive the glad eyegive awaygive backgive birthgive caregive chasegive eargive forthgive full measuregive ingive it a trygive it a whirl