have someone's hide
"have-someone-s-hide" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“have someone's hide” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To punish or subdue someone.
Corpus desk
Index EN-have-someone-s-hide · have someone's hide · English
have someone's hide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | have someone's hide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “have someone's hide” in English
Rare enough to double-check
have someone's hide is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To punish or subdue someone.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for have someone's hide, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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. The correct English form is have someone's hide, spelled H-A-V-E- -S-O-M-E-O-N-E-'-S- -H-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1To punish or subdue someone.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how have someone's hide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
Etymology
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.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.