fix someone's wagon

fix someone's wagon
fix someone's wagon
Fig. to punish someone; to get even with someone; to plot against someone. •

If you ever do that again, I'll fix your wagon!

Tommy! You clean up your room this instant, or I'll fix your wagon!

He reported me to the boss, but I fixed his wagon. I knocked his lunch on the floor.

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or[fix someone's little red wagon] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. (Said to a child as a threat) to administer a spanking. * /Stop that right away or I'll fix your (little red) wagon!/ 2. (Said of an adult) to thwart or frustrate another, to engineer his failure. * /If he sues me for slander, I will counter-sue him for malicious prosecution. That will fix his wagon!/

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • wagon — wag•on [[t]ˈwæg ən[/t]] n. 1) trs any of various kinds of four wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child s toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc 2) trs inf… …   From formal English to slang

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