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flay someone alive

flay someone alive verb: synonym of skin someone alive (“castigate someone severely”).

Verb

flay someone alive (third-person singular simple present flays someone alive, present participle flaying someone alive, simple past and past participle flayed someone alive)

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of skin someone alive (“castigate someone severely”).

Synonyms of flay someone alive

Forms of flay someone alive

third-person singular presentflays someone alive
present participleflaying someone alive
past participleflayed someone alive
pastflayed someone alive

Questions about flay someone alive

What does flay someone alive mean?
Flay someone alive means synonym of skin someone alive (“castigate someone severely”).
What part of speech is flay someone alive?
Flay someone alive is a verb.
What is the past tense of flay someone alive?
The past tense of flay someone alive is flayed someone alive.

Words near flay someone alive in the dictionary

  1. flaxweeds
  2. flaxwort
  3. flaxworts
  4. flaxy
  5. flay
  6. flay someone alive
  7. flayed
  8. flayed someone alive
  9. flayer
  10. flayers
  11. flayest

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