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skinning someone alive

skinning someone alive is the present participle and gerund 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 skinning someone alive

What is skinning someone alive the present participle and gerund of?
Skinning someone alive is the present participle and gerund of skin someone alive.

Words near skinning someone alive in the dictionary

  1. skinninesses
  2. skinning
  3. skinning a flint
  4. skinning and grinning
  5. skinning back
  6. skinning someone alive
  7. skinning the cat
  8. skinning the lamb
  9. skinning up
  10. Skinningrove
  11. skinnings

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