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having someone's hide

having someone's hide is the present participle and gerund 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 having someone's hide

What is having someone's hide the present participle and gerund of?
Having someone's hide is the present participle and gerund of have someone's hide.

Words near having someone's hide in the dictionary

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

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