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Also, read a lesson . Issue a reprimand, as in Dad read us a lecture after the teacher phoned and complained . The first term dates from the late 1500s, the variant from the early 1600s. Also see read the riot act ; teach a lesson .Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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