English Explanatory Dictionary

tan someone's hide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To beat or spank someone, usually on their backside.

Pronunciation

En-au-tan someone's hide.ogg

Word forms

tan someone's hide tans someone's hide tanning someone's hide tanned someone's hide

Etymology

By metaphor from tannery: beating hides (to condition them), tanning them (with dyes and chemicals), and so on.

Synonyms

have someone's hide give someone what for nail someone to the wall amerce castigate chasten chastise come down on correct fix someone's wagon have someone's guts for garters have someone's head give it to someone give what for gruel malavogue penalize penance punish tan someone's hide tar out teach someone a lesson
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