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Jimmy Hung
2023-02-23 05:02
Settle (one's) hash American informal verb phrase
To subdue someone or calm someone down in a physical or verbal way
If the fans get angry, you have to settle their hash.
The policeman settled the drunkard's hash with a rope.
To compel someone to confront reality.
1. To press or push someone or something down.
2. To stifle something; subdue someone.
The verb "settle" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This term dates from the beginning of the 19th century.
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1. The phrase is used to talk about the earth that is broken up and flattened by a harrow.
2. If somebody is under the harrow, he or she is forced to experience distress, or torment.
1. About 1000 hectares of farmland have been under the harrow for 2 hours.
2. Many families are under the harrow because of the economic recession.
