settle someone's hash en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To physically or verbally subdue someone.
Wait and see old Caleb Quirk get into the box. I'll settle his hash in half a minute.
1851, S. G. Warren, Ten Thousand a Year, Jesper Harding, page 344:“But wait till I light on you, no matter where it is, I’ll settle your hash for a bit, yer little swine!”
1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 13”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:2004 July 8–14, "Devious Rabbit Tricks Bush Into Signing Gun Ban", The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 202, "Sez Pezziden' Bush, sezee, 'I'm gwine ter settle yo' hash, ole Rabbit....'"
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| settles someone's hash | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| settled someone's hash | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| settled someone's hash | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| settling someone's hash | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
bg запушвам устата на (To physically or verbally subdue someone.) · pt por alguém em seu devido lugar (To physically or verbally subdue someone.)