tan (someone's) hide

old-fashioned

to hit someone, usually a child, many times as a punishment.

I'll tan that boy's hide if he touches my toolbox again.

• let someone off
• let someone off easy
• let someone off the hook
• let someone slide
• let someone slip through fingers
• let someone slip through your fingers
• let something be
• let something go
• let something ride
• let something slide
• let something slip
• let something slip through fingers
• let something slip through your fingers
• let something speak for itself
• let something speak for themselves
• let speak for itself
• let speak for themselves
• let's see
• letter of the law
• let the cat out of the bag
• let the chips fall
• let the chips fall where they may
• let the devil take the hindmost
• let the genie out of the bottle
• let the grass grow under feet