Idiom
rap someone's knuckles
Meaning
to give someone a punishment.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The boss will rap your knuckles if you are late again.”
“The manager had to rap the intern's knuckles for leaving the office door unlocked overnight.”
“Although the committee members were generally supportive, they felt compelled to rap the director's knuckles for his lack of transparency regarding the budget.”
Examples
simple
“The boss will rap your knuckles if you are late again.”
contextual
“The manager had to rap the intern's knuckles for leaving the office door unlocked overnight.”
complex
“Although the committee members were generally supportive, they felt compelled to rap the director's knuckles for his lack of transparency regarding the budget.”
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