naughty step

noun

1. a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
2. to be on the naughty step
   to experience public disfavour, usu. because of perceived wayward behaviour

Example Sentences

From the first Ashes Test last summer, Anderson and Broad have taken their pipe and slippers, while Ollie Robinson is on the naughty step.

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Earlier, he tweeted that he was "off the naughty step" and welcomed the government's "re-set".

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Of course, no country, big or small, likes sitting on the council's naughty step, and they all try to avoid it.

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In the process, he wrecked his relationship with the DUP and earned himself a rebuke from its then leader Arlene Foster who said her party had sent him to the "naughty step in Parliament".

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Jamie McGrath returned from the naughty step - the talismanic midfielder had been left out of the last two games amid speculation over his future - to put in a tireless shift and show there's more to his game than flair.

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