"trip to the woodshed" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Probably derived from the previous term \"horseshedding,\" meaning to take a person privately (such as to a horse shed or woodshed, separate buildings away from the house) for private cajoling or reprimand.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "trips to the woodshed",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1948 December 13, “Sweet Reasonableness”, in Time",
          "text": "More than a few of the 3,000 members of the National Association of Manufacturers, gathered for their annual convention in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel last week, felt like small boys worrying about a trip to the woodshed. None knew how vindictive or friendly toward business the Truman Administration would be.",
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        "An occasion on which a reprimand or punishment is administered privately."
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          "occasion"
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        [
          "reprimand",
          "reprimand"
        ],
        [
          "punishment",
          "punishment"
        ],
        [
          "administer",
          "administer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US, idiomatic) An occasion on which a reprimand or punishment is administered privately."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "call on the carpet"
        }
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}

{
  "etymology_text": "Probably derived from the previous term \"horseshedding,\" meaning to take a person privately (such as to a horse shed or woodshed, separate buildings away from the house) for private cajoling or reprimand.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "trips to the woodshed",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "call on the carpet"
    }
  ],
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English nouns",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1948 December 13, “Sweet Reasonableness”, in Time",
          "text": "More than a few of the 3,000 members of the National Association of Manufacturers, gathered for their annual convention in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel last week, felt like small boys worrying about a trip to the woodshed. None knew how vindictive or friendly toward business the Truman Administration would be.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An occasion on which a reprimand or punishment is administered privately."
      ],
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          "occasion",
          "occasion"
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        [
          "reprimand",
          "reprimand"
        ],
        [
          "punishment",
          "punishment"
        ],
        [
          "administer",
          "administer"
        ]
      ],
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        "(chiefly US, idiomatic) An occasion on which a reprimand or punishment is administered privately."
      ],
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        "US",
        "idiomatic"
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}