put (someone) over (one's) knee

To punish someone (almost always a child) by spanking them. If you don't stop that shouting this instant I am going to come in there and put you over my knee!

See also: knee, over, put

See also:

take a knee
learn about (something) at (one's) mother's knee
knee biter
down on one knee
knee-jerk
be knee-deep in (something)
knee-high to a duck
knee-high to a jackrabbit
knee
put (one) on the shelf

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