naughty step
chiefly British
noun
A step, stool, etc., on which a child may be instructed to sit in isolation when misbehaving; the use of this as a disciplinary technique intended to modify behaviour by enforcing a period of solitary reflection.
- Recorded earliest in figurative context.In later use chiefly associated with Jo Frost (b. 1971) and her television programme Supernanny (first broadcast in 2004)..
Origin
1990s; earliest use found in The Independent.
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