English

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Etymology

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Calque of Cantonese 收皮 (sau1 pei4).

Verb

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

  1. (Hong Kong, colloquial, vulgar) to shut up
  2. (Hong Kong, colloquial, vulgar) to be done for
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see collect,‎ skin.