"give someone what-for" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "gives someone what-for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "giving someone what-for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gave someone what-for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "given someone what-for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "give<,,gave,given> someone what-for",
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      },
      "expansion": "give someone what-for (third-person singular simple present gives someone what-for, present participle giving someone what-for, simple past gave someone what-for, past participle given someone what-for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He really gave the kid what-for about the baseball through his window.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To admonish or berate; to speak angrily at somebody."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "admonish",
          "admonish"
        ],
        [
          "berate",
          "berate"
        ],
        [
          "angrily",
          "angrily"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To admonish or berate; to speak angrily at somebody."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "take someone to task"
        },
        {
          "word": "tell off"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "give someone what-for"
}

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    {
      "form": "gives someone what-for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "giving someone what-for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gave someone what-for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "given someone what-for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "take someone to task"
    },
    {
      "word": "tell off"
    }
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        "English verbs",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He really gave the kid what-for about the baseball through his window.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To admonish or berate; to speak angrily at somebody."
      ],
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          "admonish"
        ],
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          "berate",
          "berate"
        ],
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          "angrily",
          "angrily"
        ]
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        "(idiomatic) To admonish or berate; to speak angrily at somebody."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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