tar out en · VERB
Meanings
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(dated, slang, transitive) To punish; to pay back or take revenge on.
We had him stopped the year before, the time we whupped him at Stone's River at the end of Sixty-two: we tarred him out so bad he had to wait.
1937, Thomas Wolfe, Chickamauga:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tarring out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tarred out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tarred out | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| tars out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Synonyms
tar out · have someone's guts for garters · settle the score · even the score · tar out · have someone's hide · correct · get one's own back · chastise · come down on · give it to someone · retaliate · malavogue · give someone what for · have someone's head · retaliate · castigate · take revenge · amerce · get back at · avenge · penalize · gruel · get back at · castigate · fix someone's wagon · chasten · give what for · penance · penalize · punish · nail someone to the wall · teach someone a lesson · tan someone's hide