Idiom
knock some sense into
Meaning
To reprimand or reform someone vigorously.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I need to knock some sense into him.”
“He keeps spending all his money on lottery tickets, so I need to knock some sense into him.”
“After witnessing his reckless behavior for the third time this month, she felt compelled to intervene and knock some sense into him before he caused permanent damage.”
Examples
simple
“I need to knock some sense into him.”
contextual
“He keeps spending all his money on lottery tickets, so I need to knock some sense into him.”
complex
“After witnessing his reckless behavior for the third time this month, she felt compelled to intervene and knock some sense into him before he caused permanent damage.”
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