catch it
Verb
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Verb
catch it
- (idiomatic) To be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten.
- a. 1887, George Bernard Shaw, An Unsocial Socialist
- If they beat us, we shall catch it, and serve us right.
- a. 1887, George Bernard Shaw, An Unsocial Socialist
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see catch, it
- French: (colloquial) se faire appeler Arthur, (colloquial) se faire sonner les cloches, (informal) se faire tirer les oreilles, (France) se faire remonter les bretelles, (colloquial) se faire enguirlander
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