| VERB | contact | beat up, beat, work over | give a beating to |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | beat up, drum up, rally | gather |
| Meaning | Give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to beat up the prisoners | |
| Synonyms | beat, work over | |
| Entails | hit | Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
| Narrower | belabour, belabor | Beat soundly |
| cane, flog, lambaste, lambast | Beat with a cane | |
| clobber, baste, batter | strike violently and repeatedly | |
| flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce | Beat severely with a whip or rod | |
| knock cold, knock out, kayo | knock unconscious or senseless | |
| pistol-whip | Beat with a pistol | |
| rough up | treat violently | |
| soak | Beat severely | |
| spank, paddle, larrup | Give a spanking to | |
| strong-arm | Use physical force against | |
| thrash, thresh, lam, flail | Give a thrashing to | |
| Spanish | apalear, dar una paliza, derrotar, golpear, pegar | |
| Catalan | copejar, derrotar, picar | |
| Meaning | Gather. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | drum up, rally | |
| Broader | collect, pull in | Get or bring together |
| Spanish | conseguir, enrolar, obtener, reclutar | |
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