Antonyms for tan someone's hide

Grammar : Verb

Spell : tan

Phonetic Transcription : tæn

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Definition of tan someone's hide

Origin :

• late Old English tannian "to convert hide into leather" (by steeping it in tannin), from Medieval Latin tannare "tan, dye, a tawny color" (c.900), from tannum "crushed oak bark," used in tanning leather, probably from a Celtic source (e.g. Breton tann "oak tree"). The meaning "make brown by exposure to the sun" first recorded 1520s. To tan (someone's) hide in the figurative sense is from 1660s. Related: Tanned; tanning.

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Synonyms for tan someone's hide