"have someone's hide" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-have someone's hide.ogg [Australia] Forms: has someone's hide [present, singular, third-person], having someone's hide [participle, present], had someone's hide [participle, past], had someone's hide [past]
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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|tan someone's hide#Etymology|tan someone's hide § Etymology}} tan someone's hide § Etymology, {{m|en|ass#objectification|ass § Usage notes}} ass § Usage notes Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> someone's hide}} have someone's hide (third-person singular simple present has someone's hide, present participle having someone's hide, simple past and past participle had someone's hide)
  1. (idiomatic, figurative) To punish or subdue someone. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic Synonyms: tan someone's hide [figuratively], have someone's head [figuratively]
    Sense id: en-have_someone's_hide-en-verb-UhaXCzX3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments

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