have someone's hide

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have someone's hide

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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.

verb has someone's hide · having someone's hide · had someone's hide

figuratively, idiomatic To punish or subdue someone. Why doesn't The St. Petersburg Times scrape together $30 million and purchase football's Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Then, when I tell John McKay how to coach, he'd listen or I'd have his hide.
Similar: have someone's head, nail someone to the wall, tan someone's hide, amerce, castigate, chasten, chastise, come down on, correct, fix someone's wagon, have someone's guts for garters, have someone's hide

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Français	avoir la peau de

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@misc{have_someone_s_hide_2026,
  title = {have someone's hide},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/have%20someone's%20hide},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}