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Examples
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There's a lot of how-to in the article, but almost nothing in the way of what-for.
Set Up And Use XP Mode In Windows 7 | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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That is, until he found himself asked to pay for a blood-drenched satire in which a machete-wielding Latino avenger gives the gringos some Tarantinian what-for.
Snooki to Snookered: States' Film Tax Credits Produce Embarrassment Eric Felten 2011
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Just this morning Wife #3 Note: find out her name was giving me what-for because I haven't lead a jihad lately.
Guy Nicolucci: The Osama Diaries Guy Nicolucci 2011
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The way that Spot walked into those dogs and gave them what-for was hair-raising.
That Spot 2010
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Just this morning Wife #3 Note: find out her name was giving me what-for because I haven't lead a jihad lately.
Guy Nicolucci: The Osama Diaries Guy Nicolucci 2011
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"Michael must certainly have told the colt that he'd give him what-for if he didn't behave."
CHAPTER XXXVI 2010
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Marge is a freewill agent, but I hope daughter Lisa — protofeminist that she is — gives her a good what-for.
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The way that Spot walked into those dogs and gave them what-for was hair-raising.
That Spot 2010
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Marge is a freewill agent, but I hope daughter Lisa — protofeminist that she is — gives her a good what-for.
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It will also create a political context in which Portugese, Irish, and Spanish political authorities can say “we need to implement some austerity measures before the Germans really give us the what-for.”
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