settle someone's hash

Definitions

To physically or verbally subdue someone.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“Wait⟳ and see⟳ old Caleb Quirk get⟳ into the box. I'll settle⟳ his hash in half a minute.”

““But wait⟳ till I light⟳ on you, no matter⟳ where it is, I’ll settle⟳ your hash for a bit, yer little swine!””

“2004 July 8–14, "Devious Rabbit Tricks Bush Into Signing Gun Ban", The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 202, "Sez Pezziden' Bush, sezee, 'I'm gwine ter settle⟳ yo' hash, ole Rabbit....'"”

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