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skin
Synonyms and Antonyms of skin
1
an outer part or layer
2
the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value
badger, beaver, chamois, chinchilla, ermine, fisher, fox, marten, mink, muskrat, otter, Persian lamb, rabbit, raccoon (also racoon), sable, seal
bearskin, buckskin, calfskin, coonskin, cowhide, deerskin, doeskin, goatskin, horsehide, karakul, kidskin, kolinsky, lambskin, pigskin, rawhide, sealskin, sharkskin, sheep, sheepskin, snakeskin
3
the hairless natural covering of an animal prepared for use
skin
Synonyms and Antonyms of skin
1
to remove the natural covering of
2
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize
sell a bill of goods to, take for a ride, take to the cleaners
3
to defeat by a large margin
beat, best, conquer, dispatch, hurdle, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), subdue, surmount, take, throw, triumph (over), win (against), worst
crush, knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, subjugate, upend, vanquish
ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend
edge (out), nose out, pip [British]
beat the pants off, eat alive, run circles around (or run rings around), wipe the floor with (or wipe the ground with)
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