Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have someone's hide

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: have -some-one's hide
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To punish or subdue someone.

Example Sentences

"Why doesn't The St. Petersburg Times scrape together $30 million and purchase football's Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Then, when I tell John McKay how to coach, he'd listen or I'd have his hide."

Etymology

An earlier phase of the same metaphor as at tan someone's hide § Etymology. The cognitive effect discussed at ass § Usage notes is operative in these usages concerning a person's hide.

Inflected Forms

has someone's hide (present, singular) having someone's hide (participle, present) had someone's hide (participle, past) had someone's hide (past)

Synonyms

have someone's head nail someone to the wall tan someone's hide amerce castigate chasten chastise come down on correct fix someone's wagon have someone's guts for garters have someone's hide

Questions

What does have someone's hide mean?: To punish or subdue someone.
Where does have someone's hide come from?: An earlier phase of the same metaphor as at tan someone's hide § Etymology. The cognitive effect discussed at ass § Usage notes is operative in these usages concerning a person's hide.

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