school

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school (so) definition


  1. tv.
    to teach someone something, usually as a demonstration of power. (As in I'll teach you a thing or two which suggests violence.) : Am I gonna have to school you in how to act?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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school

In addition to the idiom beginning with school, also see tell tales (out of school).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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