flay
verb (used with object)
to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
will flay
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future tenseof flay.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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A capable chef will flay and cook your catch to order.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2013
He will flay his poor soul for trifles as if they were the blackest crimes: In such moments the devil is very busy about the victim of gloom and despair.
From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore) Dau
Your string will flay your arm ere you reach your up-shot this day.
From Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
It at once removes the skin, and if rubbed in with vigour will flay a horse.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 5, 1890 by Various
