"tar out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tars out [present, singular, third-person], tarring out [participle, present], tarred out [participle, past], tarred out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tar out (third-person singular simple present tars out, present participle tarring out, simple past and past participle tarred out)
  1. (transitive, slang, dated) To punish; to pay back or take revenge on. Tags: dated, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-tar_out-en-verb-J-ELRIdO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out)

Inflected forms

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