sort sb out
UK informal— phrasal verb with sort uk/sɔːt/us/sɔːrt/verb
to punish or attack someone, usually to make the person understand that they have behaved badly:
Has he been bothering you again - do you want me to sort him out?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Punishing & punishments
- bar
- be brought/called to account idiom
- boot
- bring
- bum rap
- carrot
- chastise
- clobber
- crucify
- heads will roll! idiom
- kick
- kick (some) ass idiom
- non-custodial
- parking ticket
- penal
- string
- strip
- throw
- throw the book at sb idiom
- wheel clamp
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