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skinned someone alive

skinned someone alive is the simple past and past participle of skin someone alive.

Meaning of skin someone alive

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.

Questions about skinned someone alive

What is skinned someone alive the simple past and past participle of?
Skinned someone alive is the simple past and past participle of skin someone alive.

Words near skinned someone alive in the dictionary

  1. skinned
  2. skinned a flint
  3. skinned and grinned
  4. skinned back
  5. skinned over
  6. skinned someone alive
  7. skinned the cat
  8. skinned the lamb
  9. skinned up
  10. skinner
  11. Skinner box

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