Trip-to-the-woodshed Definition

noun

(chiefly US, idiomatic) An occasion on which a reprimand or punishment is administered.

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Other Word Forms of Trip-to-the-woodshed

Noun

Singular:
trip-to-the-woodshed
Plural:
trips to the woodshed

Origin of Trip-to-the-woodshed

  • Probably from the practice of taking a naughty child out of the house, to an outlying structure, for a private spanking.

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