| inf., idiom. |
to punish someone severely (especially American English); to punish, berate, or hurt one in a very severe fashion for a wrongdoing or transgression (As one of her first orders of business, the new president has sworn to nail cyber-criminals to the wall. • The boss nailed me to the wall for messing up the Jacobson account.  thefreedictionary.com); punish somebody and/or make them suffer because you are very angry with them (I’m going to nail him to the wall for what he’s done! thefreedictionary.com) |
