skin someone alive in English

Forms: skins someone alive [present, singular, third-person], skinning someone alive [participle, present], skinned someone alive [participle, past], skinned someone alive [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} skin someone alive (third-person singular simple present skins someone alive, present participle skinning someone alive, simple past and past participle skinned someone alive)

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    {
      "form": "skins someone alive",
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        "present",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "skinning someone alive",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skinned someone alive",
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    },
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      "form": "skinned someone alive",
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      "glosses": [
        "To castigate someone severely."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) To castigate someone severely."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "flay someone alive"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "skin someone alive"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "skins someone alive",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skinning someone alive",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skinned someone alive",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skinned someone alive",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "To castigate someone severely."
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        "(colloquial) To castigate someone severely."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "flay someone alive"
        }
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "skin someone alive"
}

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"skin someone alive" meaning in English

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