settle someone's hash

Meaning: (idiomatic)To physically or verballysubduesomeone.1851,S. G. Warren,Ten Thousand a Year, Jesper Harding, page344:Wait and see old Caleb Quirk get into the box. I'llsettle his hashin half a minute.1913,D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 13”, inSons and Lovers, London:Duckworth & Co.[…],→OCLC:“But wait till I light on you, no matter where it is, I’llsettle your hashfor a bit, yer little swine!”2004July 8–14, "Devious Rabbit Tricks Bush Into Signing Gun Ban",The Onion, available inEmbedded in America,→ISBN, page 202,"Sez Pezziden' Bush, sezee, 'I'm gwine tersettle yo' hash, ole Rabbit....'"

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