“some sense”

The following 3 entries include the term some sense.

knock some sense into someone

phrase

: to cause someone to stop thinking or behaving foolishly

knock some sense into someone's head

phrase

: to cause someone to stop thinking or behaving foolishly

talk (some) sense into/to

phrase

: to cause (someone) to stop thinking or behaving foolishly


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