- make an example of
- (to punish as a warning to others: The judge decided to make an example of the young thief and sent him to prison for five years.) faire un exemple de
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make an example of
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make an example of — (someone) to punish someone for doing something so that other people will not do the same thing. They want to make an example of him by keeping him in prison under very difficult conditions … New idioms dictionary
make an example of — index discipline (punish) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make an example of someone — make an example of (someone) to punish someone for doing something so that other people will not do the same thing. They want to make an example of him by keeping him in prison under very difficult conditions … New idioms dictionary
make an example of — {v. phr.} To punish (someone) publicly to show what happens when someone does wrong. * /The teacher made an example of the boy who copied from another student during a test./ * /The Pilgrims made an example of a thief by putting him in the stocks … Dictionary of American idioms
make an example of — {v. phr.} To punish (someone) publicly to show what happens when someone does wrong. * /The teacher made an example of the boy who copied from another student during a test./ * /The Pilgrims made an example of a thief by putting him in the stocks … Dictionary of American idioms
make\ an\ example\ of — v. phr. To punish (someone) publicly to show what happens when someone does wrong. The teacher made an example of the boy who copied from another student during a test. The Pilgrims made an example of a thief by putting him in the stocks … Словарь американских идиом
make an example of — verb To punish someone so as to be a warning to others. He made an example of the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew … Wiktionary
make an example of — punish as a warning or deterrent to others. → example … English new terms dictionary
make an example — use for demonstration, make into a sample … English contemporary dictionary
make an example of — Synonyms and related words: bring to account, bring to book, call to account, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, deal with, discipline, inflict upon, masthead, penalize, pillory, punish, settle with, square accounts, take to task, visit upon … Moby Thesaurus
make an example of someone — to punish someone severely as a way of warning other people not to do the same thing … English dictionary
