| 单词 | to let have it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto let (a person) have it d. colloquial. to let (a person) have it: to beat, strike, attack (a person); (also) to shoot; (in weaker sense) to give a scolding to, to reprimand. Cf. get v. Phrases 2d(a). to let (a person) have it hot: see hot adj. and n.1 Phrases 5. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] threac897 tighta1000 beswinkc1175 punisha1325 chastise1362 paina1375 justifya1393 wage1412 reformc1450 chasten1526 thwart over thumba1529 chastifyc1540 amerce?1577 follow1579 to rap (a person) on the knuckles (also fingers)1584 finea1616 mulcta1620 fita1625 vindicate1632 trounce1657 reward1714 tawse1790 sort1815 to let (a person) have it1823 visit1836 to catch or get Jesse1839 to give, get goss1840 to have ita1848 to take (a person) to the woodshed1882 to give (one) snuff1890 soak1892 give1906 to weigh off1925 to tear down1938 zap1961 slap1968 1823 J. Neal Errata I. iii. 64 I turned, and ‘let him have it’, as we say, into his face and eyes. The blow was quicker than lightning. 1824 J. F. Cooper Pilot III. ix. 241 ‘Let them have it!’ cried Griffith. a1848 G. F. Ruxton Life in Far West (1849) i. 11 I ups..and let one Injun 'have it', as was going plum into the boy with his lance. 1891 ‘L. Malet’ Wages of Sin II. 102 If she catches him she'll let him have it hot. 1892 Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve III. 257 I shall let her have it, you'll see. 1919 Outing Mar. 342/2 I threw my gun in the opening. In a moment he flashed into it, running like a racehorse. I let him have it. And I saw him go down. 1998 P. Lively Spiderweb (1999) iv. 49 They were a bit later than she'd said they were to be when they got to the café and she let them have it, of course. 2005 J. Singleton Skinny B, Skaz & Me ix. 118 I reached inside my back pocket, drew out the sprayer and let them both have it right in the eyes. < as lemmas |
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