beat up
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(verb) gather; "drum up support" |
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Synonyms: drum up, rally |
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Related Words: accumulate, collect, pull in |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: beat |
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Related Words: baste, batter, belabor, belabour, cane, clobber, flail, flog, kayo, knock cold, knock out, lam, lambast, lambaste, larrup, lash, lather, paddle, pistol-whip, rough up, slash, soak, spank, strap, strong-arm, thrash, thresh, trounce, welt, whip |
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