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give someone beans

give someone beans verb: to scold or reprimand someone severely.

Verb

give someone beans (third-person singular simple present gives someone beans, present participle giving someone beans, simple past gave someone beans, past participle given someone beans)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To scold or reprimand someone severely.

Forms of give someone beans

third-person singular presentgives someone beans
present participlegiving someone beans
pastgave someone beans
past participlegiven someone beans

Questions about give someone beans

What does give someone beans mean?
Give someone beans means to scold or reprimand someone severely.
What part of speech is give someone beans?
Give someone beans is a verb.
What is the past tense of give someone beans?
The past tense of give someone beans is gave someone beans.

Words near give someone beans in the dictionary

  1. give someone a speaking to
  2. give someone an earful
  3. give someone an inch and he'll take a yard
  4. give someone an inch and someone will take a mile
  5. give someone ass cancer
  6. give someone beans
  7. give someone butt cancer
  8. give someone enough rope
  9. give someone enough rope and they'll hang themself
  10. give someone five
  11. give someone goss

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