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trips to the woodshed

trips to the woodshed is the plural of trip to the woodshed.

Meaning of trip to the woodshed

Noun

trip to the woodshed (plural trips to the woodshed)

  1. (US, idiomatic) An occasion on which a reprimand or punishment is administered privately.
    • More than a few of the 3,000 members of the National Association of Manufacturers, gathered for their annual convention in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel last week, felt like small boys worrying about a trip to the woodshed. None knew how vindictive or friendly toward business the Truman...1948 December 13, “Sweet Reasonableness”, in Time

Questions about trips to the woodshed

What is trips to the woodshed the plural of?
Trips to the woodshed is the plural of trip to the woodshed.

Words near trips to the woodshed in the dictionary

  1. trips out
  2. trips over
  3. trips over oneself
  4. trips the light fantastic
  5. trips the light fantastic toe
  6. trips to the woodshed
  7. trips up
  8. tripsinization
  9. tripsis
  10. tripsome
  11. tripster

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