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give someone Hail Columbia

give someone Hail Columbia verb: to scold someone severely.

Verb

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

  1. (US, idiomatic, informal, transitive) To scold someone severely.
    • The teacher gave her students Hail Columbia over their poor test scores.
    • If mother finds out I broke the window, she'll give me Hail Columbia for sure!

Forms of give someone Hail Columbia

third-person singular presentgives someone Hail Columbia
present participlegiving someone Hail Columbia
pastgave someone Hail Columbia
past participlegiven someone Hail Columbia

Questions about give someone Hail Columbia

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

Words near give someone Hail Columbia in the dictionary

  1. give someone five
  2. give someone goss
  3. give someone gray hair
  4. give someone grey hair
  5. give someone grief
  6. give someone Hail Columbia
  7. give someone Hail, Columbia
  8. give someone hell
  9. give someone Jesse
  10. give someone Jessie
  11. give someone line

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