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has someone's hide

has someone's hide is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is has someone's hide the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Has someone's hide is the third-person singular simple present indicative of have someone's hide.

Words near has someone's hide in the dictionary

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

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