flay
verb (used with object)
to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
have flayed
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present perfectof flay.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In the old days, he would have flayed any minister daring to call for Bennite state investment to halt the sorry neglect of manufacturing.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2010
Had these Armours lived three or four more years, President Roosevelt would have flayed them personally.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its radio speakers have flayed U. S. participation in European affairs, have clamored for increased national defense.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here is the place where Apollo is said to have flayed Marsyas, when he had conquered him in the contest of skill.
From Anabasis by Henry Graham Dakyns
Only that the mosquitoes would have flayed him, he would have dispensed probably with these.
From Harry Heathcote of Gangoil by Anthony Trollope
