tar out
tar out verb: to punish; to pay back or take revenge on.
Verb
tar out (third-person singular simple present tars out, present participle tarring out, simple past and past participle tarred out)
- To punish; to pay back or take revenge on.
- We had him stopped the year before, the time we whupped him at Stone's River at the end of Sixty-two: we tarred him out so bad he had to wait.1937, Thomas Wolfe, Chickamauga
- Synonyms:
- castigate, penalize, get back at, retaliate, amerce, chasten, chastise, come down on, correct, fix someone's wagon
Synonyms of tar out
- castigate
- penalize
- get back at
- retaliate
- amerce
- chastise
- come down on
- correct
- fix someone's wagon
- have someone's guts for garters
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Forms of tar out
| third-person singular present | tars out |
|---|---|
| present participle | tarring out |
| past participle | tarred out |
| past | tarred out |
Questions about tar out
- What does tar out mean?
- Tar out means to punish; to pay back or take revenge on.
- What part of speech is tar out?
- Tar out is a verb.
- What is the past tense of tar out?
- The past tense of tar out is tarred out.
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