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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression;
- Example: "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"
- Example: "The teacher used to beat the students"
[syn: beat, beat up, work over]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

work over
    v 1: 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" [syn: beat, beat up, work
         over]