"give someone his gruel" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps a reference to administering poison.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gives someone his gruel",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "giving someone his gruel",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gave someone his gruel",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "given someone his gruel",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "give<,,gave,given> someone his gruel"
      },
      "expansion": "give someone his gruel (third-person singular simple present gives someone his gruel, present participle giving someone his gruel, simple past gave someone his gruel, past participle given someone his gruel)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1837, The Gambler's Dream, page 247",
          "text": "\"Cruel! Cruel! Cruel!\" he cried. \"Yes, you gave him his gruel hot enough,\" answered Charlotte.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1856, Thomas Ingoldsby, The Ingoldsby Legends: Or, Mirth & Marvels, page 87",
          "text": "I have 'barkers' by Nock, Sir,\nWith percussion locks, Sir,\nWill give you your gruel —\nhang me if I box, Sir",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To kill or trounce someone."
      ],
      "id": "en-give_someone_his_gruel-en-verb-mITE5wr-",
      "links": [
        [
          "kill",
          "kill"
        ],
        [
          "trounce",
          "trounce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, slang, obsolete) To kill or trounce someone."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "cook someone's goose"
        },
        {
          "word": "settle someone's hash"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "obsolete",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "give someone his gruel"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps a reference to administering poison.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gives someone his gruel",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "giving someone his gruel",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gave someone his gruel",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "given someone his gruel",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "give<,,gave,given> someone his gruel"
      },
      "expansion": "give someone his gruel (third-person singular simple present gives someone his gruel, present participle giving someone his gruel, simple past gave someone his gruel, past participle given someone his gruel)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cook someone's goose"
    },
    {
      "word": "settle someone's hash"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1837, The Gambler's Dream, page 247",
          "text": "\"Cruel! Cruel! Cruel!\" he cried. \"Yes, you gave him his gruel hot enough,\" answered Charlotte.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1856, Thomas Ingoldsby, The Ingoldsby Legends: Or, Mirth & Marvels, page 87",
          "text": "I have 'barkers' by Nock, Sir,\nWith percussion locks, Sir,\nWill give you your gruel —\nhang me if I box, Sir",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To kill or trounce someone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kill",
          "kill"
        ],
        [
          "trounce",
          "trounce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, slang, obsolete) To kill or trounce someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "obsolete",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "give someone his gruel"
}