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had someone's hide

had someone's hide is the simple past and past participle of have someone's hide.

Meaning of have someone's hide

Verb

have someone's hide (third-person singular simple present has someone's hide, present participle having someone's hide, simple past and past participle had someone's hide)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic) 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.1981 June 18, Hubert Mizell, “Cubs, new owners: a suspect marriage”, in St. Petersburg Times, retrieved 29 Mar 2009

Questions about had someone's hide

What is had someone's hide the simple past and past participle of?
Had someone's hide is the simple past and past participle of have someone's hide.

Words near had someone's hide in the dictionary

  1. had someone's blood
  2. had someone's blood on one's head
  3. had someone's ear
  4. had someone's guts for garters
  5. had someone's head
  6. had someone's hide
  7. had someone's nose wide open
  8. had someone's number
  9. had someone's six
  10. had something going for one
  11. had something going with someone

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