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rough up
verb
- informal.to treat violently; beat up
- to cause (feathers, hair, etc) to stand up by rubbing against the grain
Idioms and Phrases
Manhandle, subject to physical abuse, as in The gang was about to rough him up when the police arrived . [First half of 1900s]Example Sentences
During cross-examination, defense attorney Leonard Levine made Austin explain how he had changed his story from when he was initially taken into custody and told police that they intended only to rough up the hairstylist.
He also made Austin explain how he had changed his story from when he was initially taken into custody and told police that they intended only to rough up the hairstylist.
He has complained of being roughed up by the guards.
Protesting villagers are roughed up, intimidated and even shot, as others flee into caves.
Now, once again, India’s corporate champion has been roughed up.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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