tan someone's hide
1tan someone's hide — (informal) To whip or beat someone • • • Main Entry: ↑hide * * * tan (or whip) someone s hide beat or flog someone ■ punish someone severely * * * tan someone s hide informal + old fashioned : to beat or whip (someone) very badly He threatened to …
2tan someone's hide — tan (someone s) hide old fashioned to hit someone, usually a child, many times as a punishment. I ll tan that boy s hide if he touches my toolbox again …
3tan someone's hide — idi inf tan someone s hide, to beat someone soundly …
4tan someone's hide — ► tan (or whip) someone s hide beat or flog someone. Main Entry: ↑hide …
5tan someone's hide — verb To beat or spank someone. You lying little snipe, he roared. . . . Ive a mind to tan your hide good. Syn: have someones hide …
6tan (or whip) someone's hide — beat or flog someone. → hide …
7whip someone's hide — ► tan (or whip) someone s hide beat or flog someone. Main Entry: ↑hide …
8tan — tan1 [tan] n. [MFr < ML tanum, prob. < Gaul] 1. TANBARK 2. tannin or a solution made from it, used to tan leather 3. a yellowish brown color 4. a darkening of the skin as by exposure to the sun or a sunlamp adj. tanner …
9tan hide — tan (someone s) hide old fashioned to hit someone, usually a child, many times as a punishment. I ll tan that boy s hide if he touches my toolbox again …
10have someone's hide — verb To punish or subdue someone. Why doesnt The St. Petersburg Times scrape together $30 million and purchase footballs Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Then, when I tell John McKay how to coach, hed listen or Id have his hide. Syn: tan someones hide …
