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taihoa [koe] i a [au]!

1. I'll get you! I'll sort you out! - an idiom warning someone that if the listener does not do things correctly, someone will correct him/her.

Taihoa ngā tamariki e taki haututū mai rā i a au (HKK 1999:110). / I'll sort out those children getting into mischief over there.

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