sock it to
Example Sentences
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Higher borrowing costs would sock it to home buyers, heavy credit-card users and anyone needing a loan.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
You can be tough enough to sock it to the henchman.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2020
The reaction of Americans paying attention was, “Yes, sock it to them, Nikki! About time!”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 14, 2018
“Her last words to me … were “‘Go back up there and sock it to ’em!,'”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2018
"Well, good-by; sock it to 'em; send us in some fat orders."
From A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" by William H. Maher