English Explanatory Dictionary

tar out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To punish; to pay back or take revenge on.

Word forms

tar out tars out tarring out tarred out

Synonyms

castigate penalize get back at retaliate amerce chasten chastise come down on correct fix someone's wagon have someone's guts for garters have someone's head have someone's hide give it to someone give someone what for give what for gruel malavogue nail someone to the wall penance punish tan someone's hide tar out teach someone a lesson avenge even the score get one's own back settle the score take revenge
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