throw the book at
Example Sentences
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“My guess is that they will throw the book at them,” LeoGrande said.
“Throw the book at them,” Fred Sutton, a senior vice president with the California Apartment Assn., told the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times
But working against him is a long pattern of behavior that seems designed in a lab to infuriate a judge, who may also choose to lean on a presentencing report that says to throw the book at Bankman-Fried.
From Slate
Premier Chris Minns has added: "If there's been a breach of the law then, of course, we'll throw the book at them."
From BBC
She urged the judge to throw the book at Martin because he “is not fit to live in society.”
From Seattle Times
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