to tan sb's hide

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• tan 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• tan 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 …   New idioms dictionary

• tan someone's hide — idi inf tan someone s hide, to beat someone soundly …   From formal English to slang

• tan somebody's hide — have/tan sb s ˈhide idiom (old fashioned, informal humorous) to punish sb severely Main entry: ↑hideidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• tan someone's hide — ► tan (or whip) someone s hide beat or flog someone. Main Entry: ↑hide …   English terms dictionary

• tan 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 …   Wiktionary

• tan one's hide — give a beating to, spank hard The boy s mother threatened to tan his hide if he did not behave himself …   Idioms and examples

• tan one's hide — {v. phr.}, {informal} To give a beating to; spank hard. * /Bob s father tanned his hide for staying out too late./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• tan one's hide — {v. phr.}, {informal} To give a beating to; spank hard. * /Bob s father tanned his hide for staying out too late./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• tan\ one's\ hide — v. phr. informal To give a beating to; spank hard. Bob s father tanned his hide for staying out too late …   Словарь американских идиом

• tan one's hide —  Thrash one severely …   A concise dictionary of English slang