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
bash, bat, batter, beat, belabor, belt, birch, bludgeon, buffet, bung up, club, drub, flog, hammer, hide, lace, lash, lick, maul, mess (up), paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punch out, rough (up), slate, slog, switch, tan, thrash, thresh, thump, wallop, whale, whip, whop (or whap), whup
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