tan someone's hide
tan someone's hide · tans someone's hide · tanned someone's hide · tanning someone's hide
To beat or spank someone, usually on their backsideTo beat or spank someone, usually on their backside.
Meaning
1 senses(figuratively, idiomatic)To beat or spank someone, usually on their backside.
Origin
By metaphor from tannery: beating hides (to condition them), tanning them (with dyes and cBy metaphor from tannery: beating hides (to condition them), tanning them (with dyes and chemicals), and so on.
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Forms
tans someone's hide, tanning someone's hide, tanned someone's hide, tanned someone's hideirregular
| Base form | tan someone's hide · to tan someone's hide |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | tans someone's hide |
| Present participle | tanning someone's hide |
| Past simple | tanned someone's hide |
| Past participle | tanned someone's hide |
Tenses
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Synonyms
21 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.