Trip-to-the-woodshed Definition
noun
(chiefly US, idiomatic) An occasion on which a reprimand or punishment is administered.
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Singular:
trip-to-the-woodshed
Plural:
trips to the woodshedOrigin of Trip-to-the-woodshed
Probably from the practice of taking a naughty child out of the house, to an outlying structure, for a private spanking.
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