Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nail someone to the wall

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables
nail -some-one -to the wall
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to punish or discipline extremely harshly.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

nails someone to the wall (present, singular) nailing someone to the wall (participle, present) nailed someone to the wall (participle, past) nailed someone to the wall (past)

Synonyms

have someone's head give someone what for teach someone a lesson amerce castigate chasten chastise come down on correct fix someone's wagon have someone's guts for garters have someone's hide

Questions

What does nail someone to the wall mean?
to punish or discipline extremely harshly.

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