work over
verbDefinition of work over
1 : to subject to thorough examination, study, or treatment shelf stock worked over by shoppers
2 : to do over : rework saved the play by working the first act over
3 : to beat up or manhandle with thoroughness the gang worked me over
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Synonyms for work over
Synonyms
bash, baste, bat, batter, beat, belabor, belt, birch, bludgeon, buffet, bung up, club, curry, do, drub, fib [British], flog, hammer, hide, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lash, lather, lick, maul, mess (up), paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punch out, rough (up), slate, slog, switch, tan, thrash, thresh, thump, tromp, wallop, whale, whip, whop (or whap), whup
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