give someone Hail Columbia

US idiomatic informal transitive

(US, idiomatic, informal, transitive) To scold someone severely.

Japanese Meaning

ひどく叱る / 激しく叱る

When he found out who had leaked the documents, he promised to give someone Hail Columbia.

書類を漏らした人物が誰なのか分かったら、彼はその人をこっぴどく叱ると約束した。

Sense（1）

(US, idiomatic, informal, transitive) To scold someone severely.

The teacher gave her students Hail Columbia over their poor test scores.

gives someone Hail Columbia

（ present singular third-person ）

giving someone Hail Columbia

（ participle present ）

gave someone Hail Columbia

（ past ）

given someone Hail Columbia

（ participle past ）