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ROUGH UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rough up mean?
• ROUGH UP (verb)
The verb ROUGH UP has 1 sense:
1. treat violently
Familiarity information: ROUGH UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treat violently
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
The police strong-armed the suspect
Hypernyms (to "rough up" is one way to...):
beat; beat up; work over (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to rough up the prisoners
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