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.
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.