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- knock sense into
knock sense into
knock (some) sense into somebody
(informal) to use strong methods in order to teach someone to stop behaving stupidly A month in prison should knock some sense into him.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Patrizia | | pah-TREE-tsyah | Italian |
| Alkaios | | - | Ancient Greek |
| Othniel | | AWTH-nee-əl (English) | Biblical |
| Arslan | | - | Turkish, Turkmen |
| Io | | IE-o (English), EE-o (English) | Greek Mythology |
| Helmi | | HEL-mee (Finnish) | Finnish, Swedish |