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flaying someone alive

flaying someone alive is the present participle and gerund of flay someone alive.

Meaning of flay someone alive

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”).

Questions about flaying someone alive

What is flaying someone alive the present participle and gerund of?
Flaying someone alive is the present participle and gerund of flay someone alive.

Words near flaying someone alive in the dictionary

  1. flayer
  2. flayers
  3. flayest
  4. flayeth
  5. flaying
  6. flaying someone alive
  7. flayings
  8. flays
  9. flays someone alive
  10. flaysome
  11. flazalone

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