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have someone's hide

verb

Etymology

An earlier phase of the same metaphor as at tan someone's hide § Etymology. The cognitive effect discussed at ass § Usage notes is operative in these usages concerning a person's hide.

Definitions

  1. To punish or subdue someone.

    • Why doesn't The St. Petersburg Times scrape together $30 million and purchase football's Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Then, when I tell John McKay how to coach, he'd listen or I'd have his hide.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA