"tan someone's hide" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-tan someone's hide.ogg [Australia] Forms: tans someone's hide [present, singular, third-person], tanning someone's hide [participle, present], tanned someone's hide [participle, past], tanned someone's hide [past]
Etymology: By metaphor from tannery: beating hides (to condition them), tanning them (with dyes and chemicals), and so on. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tan someone's hide (third-person singular simple present tans someone's hide, present participle tanning someone's hide, simple past and past participle tanned someone's hide)
  1. (idiomatic, figurative) To beat or spank someone. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic Categories (topical): Violence Synonyms: have someone's hide

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