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skin someone alive

skin someone alive verb: to castigate someone severely.

Verb

skin someone alive (third-person singular simple present skins someone alive, present participle skinning someone alive, simple past and past participle skinned someone alive)

  1. (colloquial) To castigate someone severely.

Synonyms of skin someone alive

Forms of skin someone alive

third-person singular presentskins someone alive
present participleskinning someone alive
past participleskinned someone alive
pastskinned someone alive

Questions about skin someone alive

What does skin someone alive mean?
Skin someone alive means to castigate someone severely.
What part of speech is skin someone alive?
Skin someone alive is a verb.
What is the past tense of skin someone alive?
The past tense of skin someone alive is skinned someone alive.

Words near skin someone alive in the dictionary

  1. skin names
  2. skin of the teeth
  3. skin orgasm
  4. skin orgasms
  5. skin signs
  6. skin someone alive
  7. skin tag
  8. skin tags
  9. skin the cat
  10. skin the lamb
  11. skin tone

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