1. I'll get you! I'll deal to you! you'd better be careful - an idiom indicating that the speaker is fed up with or angry with what someone is doing or saying and warning them that if he/she is not careful there'll be trouble.
Ākuanei koe i a au. Kia tere tō hoki mai ki te kāinga! / You'll be in trouble soon. Hurry up and come home!
See also ākene [koe] i a au
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