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Knock Sense Strong Words Methods Order Make Person

Phrase/Idiom knock sense into someone
Definition When you knock sense into somebody, you use strong words or methods in order to make that person stop behaving stupidly.
Example When she announced that she was going to drop out of university, her mother managed to knock some sense into her.

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