WORK OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does work over mean? 

• WORK OVER (verb)
  The verb WORK OVER has 1 sense:

1. give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

  Familiarity information: WORK OVER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORK OVER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

beat; beat up; work over

Context example:

The teacher used to beat the students

"Work over" entails doing...:

hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "work over"):

strong-arm (use physical force against)

soak (beat severely)

pistol-whip (beat with a pistol)

belabor; belabour (beat soundly)

rough up (treat violently)

flog; lash; lather; slash; strap; trounce; welt; whip (beat severely with a whip or rod)

cane; flog; lambast; lambaste (beat with a cane)

kayo; knock cold; knock out (knock unconscious or senseless)

flail; lam; thrash; thresh (give a thrashing to; beat hard)

baste; batter; clobber (strike violently and repeatedly)

larrup; paddle; spank (give a spanking to; subject to a spanking)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody