Idiom
what for
Meaning
An unspecified punishment or rebuke.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You'll get what for if you're late again.”
“The teacher gave him what for when she found out he had copied his essay from the internet.”
“Having returned home well past midnight, the young man steeled himself for the what for his father would surely deliver.”
Examples
simple
“You'll get what for if you're late again.”
contextual
“The teacher gave him what for when she found out he had copied his essay from the internet.”
complex
“Having returned home well past midnight, the young man steeled himself for the what for his father would surely deliver.”
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