nap it

verb

nap it

verb
1

UK, Obsolete, Slang Synonym of catch it (“to be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten”).

  • No doze a dozing by the way — You'll nap it if you do — so pray Walk along John! walk along, John!1865, John Labern, Labern's Comic Minstrel, volume 1, page 40:
  • […] you'll nap it if you says any thing to they coves.1952, Bulletin of the New York Public Library, volume 56, page 121:

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