Meaning of "give a person what for" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF GIVE A PERSON WHAT FOR

give a person what for

TRANSLATION OF GIVE A PERSON WHAT FOR

Find out the translation of give a person what for to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of give a person what for from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «give a person what for» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 给人什么
• Translator English - Spanish: dar a una persona lo que para
• English: give a person what for
• Translator English - Hindi: एक व्यक्ति क्या दे के लिए
• Translator English - Arabic: إعطاء شخص ما ل
• Translator English - Russian: дать человеку то, что для
• Translator English - Portuguese: dar a uma pessoa o que para
• Translator English - Bengali: কি জন্য একটি ব্যক্তির দিতে
• Translator English - French: donner à une personne pour ce
• Translator English - Malay: Berikan orang apa untuk
• Translator English - German: eine Person geben, was für
• Translator English - Japanese: 人を与える何のため
• Translator English - Korean: 사람 을 제공 하는 것에 대해
• Translator English - Javanese: Menehi wong apa kanggo
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cung cấp cho một người để làm gì
• Translator English - Tamil: என்ன ஒரு நபர் கொடுக்க
• Translator English - Marathi: काय एक व्यक्ती द्या
• Translator English - Turkish: Ne için kimseye vermek
• Translator English - Italian: dare una persona per ciò che
• Translator English - Polish: dać osobie , co do
• Translator English - Ukrainian: дати людині те , що для
• Translator English - Romanian: da o persoană ce pentru
• Translator English - Greek: δώσει ένα άτομο , τι για
• Translator English - Afrikaans: gee ´n persoon wat vir
• Translator English - Swedish: ge en person vad för
• Translator English - Norwegian: gi en person hva for

4 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GIVE A PERSON WHAT FOR»

Discover the use of give a person what for in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to give a person what for and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Reader's Digest Oxford complete wordfinder

severe reprimand (esp. give a person what for), what have you colloq. (prec. by or) anything else similar, what if? 1 what would result, etc., if. 2 what would it matter if. what is more and as an additional point; moreover, what next? colloq. what ...

Reader's Digest Association, 1996

The Lost Heiress of Hawkscliff

He shook his massive head. "She could really give a person what-for, missy." " And that was the last you saw of her?" "The very last. None of 'em ever said anything about her to me, and I wasn't about to say anything to them. Especially Cora.

Joyce C. Ware, 1992

RSSI: Recherches Sémiotiques

... as a beet keeping up with the Joneses white as a sheet have a chip on one's shoulder have a yellow streak wild goose chase plain as the nose on your face to give a person what for cute as a button to sell someone short flat as a pancake to  ...

‎1983

A Simple Soul

This is a "must read" book.

Gustave Flaubert, 2004