tanning someone's hide

Verb

tan someone's hide (third-person singular simple present tans someone's hide, present participle tanning someone's hide, simple past and past participle tanned someone's hide)

1. (figuratively, idiomatic) To beat or spank someone, usually on their backside.
   • "You lying little snipe," he roared. ". . . I've a mind to tan your hide good."1908, Stewart Edward White, chapter 12, in The Adventures of Bobby Orde

   Synonyms:

   have someone's hide, give someone what for, nail someone to the wall, amerce, castigate, chasten, chastise, come down on, correct, fix someone's wagon