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
Men pity helpless children in this life more'n they do big hulking men of your stripe, and they'd sock it to you to the full extent of the law.
From Dixie Hart by Will N. (William Nathaniel) Harben
