put over knee



put somebody over your knee

  (old-fashioned)
to punish a child by hitting them on the bottom Her father threatened to put her over his knee if she missed school again.
See also: knee, put

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Atanasija-Serbian, Macedonian
AnnikaAHN-nee-kah (Swedish, Dutch, Finnish), AH-nee-kah (German), AN-i-kə (English), AHN-i-kə (English)Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, German, English (Modern)
Hadyn-English (Rare)
GÜNtherGUYN-terGerman, Germanic Mythology
Fern[fə:n]
Ogechi-Western African, Igbo