seeing to noun3 •(informal) A thorough cleanup or repair. •(informal) An act of sexual intercourse.When he wants some sex he says, 'You look as if you're in need of a seeing-to,' even though it would be obvious to anyone else that I am not in need of a seeing-to. — 2010 •(informal) A beating.[…] the weeping landlord of the pub, who I dragged away from the cellar where three of the lads were still giving him a seeing to. — 2012