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How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: work over, beat
Within this category: belabour, cane, clobber, flog, knock cold, pistol-whip, rough up, soak, spank, strong-arm, thrash
How to sign: damaged by blows or hard usage
"a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford";
