make an example of
Verb
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Verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To punish someone so as to give a warning to others.
- He made an example of the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew.
- French: faire un exemple
- Russian: приме́рно наказа́ть
- Spanish: dar ejemplo de
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