Beat Up

Verb1.beat up - 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"
strong-arm - use physical force against; "They strong-armed me when I left the restaurant"
soak - beat severely; slang
pistol-whip - beat with a pistol
belabour, belabor - beat soundly
rough up - treat violently; "The police strong-armed the suspect"
flog, lash, trounce, welt, whip, lather, slash, strap - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
cane, lambast, lambaste, flog - 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, thrash, lam, thresh - give a thrashing to; beat hard
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
2.beat up - gather; "drum up support"
collect, pull in - get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"

 

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