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settles someone's hash

settles someone's hash is the third-person singular simple present indicative of settle someone's hash.

Meaning of settle someone's hash

Verb

settle someone's hash (third-person singular simple present settles someone's hash, present participle settling someone's hash, simple past and past participle settled someone's hash)

  1. (idiomatic) To physically or verbally subdue someone.
    • Wait and see old Caleb Quirk get into the box. I'll settle his hash in half a minute.1851, S. G. Warren, Ten Thousand a Year, Jesper Harding, page 344

Questions about settles someone's hash

What is settles someone's hash the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Settles someone's hash is the third-person singular simple present indicative of settle someone's hash.

Words near settles someone's hash in the dictionary

  1. settles for
  2. settles in
  3. settles into
  4. settles on
  5. settles one's account
  6. settles someone's hash
  7. settles the score
  8. settles up
  9. settles upon
  10. settles with
  11. settlin'

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