catch it

verb — 2 senses

catch it

verb

1

Idiomatic To be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten.

"You'll catch it, you know," said Tom, nodding his head in an admonitory manner, and hesitating a little as he took the scissors.1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss:
a. 1887, George Bernard Shaw, An Unsocial Socialist If they beat us, we shall catch it, and serve us right.

1 more example

I'll catch it for your mischief in running away. And I'll catch it again when the tutor claps eyes on the handwriting.2003, Sid Fleischman, The Whipping Boy, page 39:

2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see catch, it.

Synonyms: cop it, catch hell, get it, nap it

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