Usually means: Instruct through punitive or corrective measures.
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  1. teach someone a lesson: Merriam-Webster
  2. teach someone a lesson: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. teach someone a lesson: Wiktionary

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verb:  (idiomatic, informal) To punish someone for a serious transgression they have committed so that they do not commit it again.

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