beat#1 (v)
beat up#1 (v)
work over (v)

v01397210

type v
lex_filenum 35
def give a beating to
def subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
examples Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night
The teacher used to beat the students
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
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Entailment hit
Derivationally related form beat → beating
Hyponym strong-arm; soak; pistol-whip; belabour, belabor; rough up; flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce; cane, flog, lambaste, lambast; knock cold, knock out, kayo; thrash, thresh, lam, flail; clobber, baste, batter; spank, paddle, larrup
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Derivationally related form beating → beat
Hypernym strong-arm; soak; pistol-whip; belabour, belabor; rough up; flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce; cane, flog, lambaste, lambast; knock cold, knock out, kayo; thrash, thresh, lam, flail; clobber, baste, batter; spank, paddle, larrup

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