make an example of

verb

Definitions

  1. To punish someone so as to give a warning to others.

    • He made an example of the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for make an example of. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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