collect skin

verb

to shut up

OriginCantonese 收皮 →
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Meanings

verbcollect skin (third-person singular simple present collects skin, present participle collecting skin, simple past and past participle collected skin)

present singular third person collects skin · participle present collecting skin · participle past collected skin · past collected skin

  1. Hong Kongcolloquialvulgarto shut up
  2. Hong Kongcolloquialvulgarto be done for
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see collect, skin.

Origin

  1. Cantonese收皮
  2. Englishcollect skin

Calque of Cantonese 收皮 (sau¹ pei⁴).

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“collect skin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collect%20skin. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collect skin,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collect%20skin.

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