Definition of work over Work over
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What does work over mean?
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| work over - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" | ||
| beat, beat up | ||
| strong-arm use physical force against; "They strong-armed me when I left the restaurant" | ||
| soak heat a metal prior to working it | ||
| pistol-whip beat with a pistol | ||
| belabor, belabour attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students" | ||
| rough up treat violently; "The police strong-armed the suspect" | ||
| flog, welt, trounce, lash, lather, strap, slash, whip beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" | ||
| cane, flog, lambast, lambaste beat with a cane | ||
| kayo, knock cold, knock out knock unconscious or senseless; "the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds" | ||
| flail, lam, thresh, thrash move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing" | ||
| clobber, baste, batter strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" | ||
| larrup, spank, paddle give a spanking to; subject to a spanking | ||
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work over
To give a beating to; subject to a punishment or an act of aggression.
