"lay some skin on" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lays some skin on [present, singular, third-person], laying some skin on [participle, present], laid some skin on [participle, past], laid some skin on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lay<,,laid> some skin on}} lay some skin on (third-person singular simple present lays some skin on, present participle laying some skin on, simple past and past participle laid some skin on)
  1. (slang) To shake hands with. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-lay_some_skin_on-en-verb-L4e1ylch Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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