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flays someone alive

flays someone alive is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 flays someone alive

What is flays someone alive the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Flays someone alive is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flay someone alive.

Words near flays someone alive in the dictionary

  1. flayeth
  2. flaying
  3. flaying someone alive
  4. flayings
  5. flays
  6. flays someone alive
  7. flaysome
  8. flazalone
  9. flaçon
  10. flaçons
  11. FLC

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