a punishment which is not very severe but which warns you not to behave that way again.

The company received a rap over the knuckles from the Food and Drug Administration.

Her remarks earned her a sharp rap across the knuckles from the Prime Minister.

• overstep bounds
• overstep its bounds
• overstep the mark
• overstep your bounds
• over-the-counter
• over the counter
• over the edge
• over the hill
• over the hump
• over the line
• over the long haul
• over the long term
• over the moon
• over the short term
• over the top
• over with
• owe it to someone to
• owe it to someone to do something
• owe it to to
• owe it to to do something
• owe it to yourself to
• owe it to yourself to do something
• own man
• own person
• own woman