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that'll teach sb
Definition
› If someone says that they or an unpleasant experience will teach someone (not) to do something, they mean that they will stop that person from doing it in future by making them experience the bad effects of their action: So Roger spent the night in a freezing garage, did he? That'll teach him to (= show him that he should not) go out without his house keys!Teaching in general
(Definition of that'll teach sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Teaching in general
Synonyms and related words:
- apprentice verb
- blood verb
- brief verb
- civilization noun (PROCESS)
- clue sb in phrasal verb
- coach verb
- discipline noun (TRAINING)
- drum sth into sb phrasal verb
- educate verb
- hand sth down phrasal verb (TRADITION)
- hothousing noun
- inculcate verb
- mainstream verb
- popularize verb (GENERAL)
- show/teach sb the ropes idiom
- teaching noun (JOB)
- train verb (PREPARE)
- tuition noun
- tutelage noun
- wean sb on sth/sb phrasal verb
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