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tar

2 verb
     
Related topics: Building, Roads
tar2 past tense and past participle tarred, present participle tarring [transitive]
1TBTTR to cover a surface with tar:
a tarred roof
2

be/get tarred with the same brush

if someone is tarred with the same brush as someone else, people think they have the same faults or have committed the same crimes, even if they have not:
You've made it very clear that you think I'm tarred with the same brush as William.
3

tar and feather

to cover someone in tar and feathers as a cruel unofficial punishment
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