have someone's hide

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Meaning: (idiomatic,figurative)Topunishorsubduesomeone.1981June 18, Hubert Mizell, “Cubs, new owners: a suspect marriage”, inSt. Petersburg Times, retrieved 29 Mar. 2009:Why doesn'tThe St. Petersburg Timesscrape together $30 million and purchase football's Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Then, when I tell John McKay how to coach, he'd listen or I'dhave his hide.

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