work someone over

work someone over
informal
beat someone up.
work

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  • work someone over — 1. tv. to threaten, intimidate, or beat someone. □ Ziggy threatened to work Sam over. CD Bruno ad worked over Terry, and Sam knew that this was no idle threat. 2. tv. to give someone’s body a thorough examination or treatment. □ The doctors… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • work someone over — informal treat someone with violence; beat someone severely the cops had worked him over a little just for the fun of it …   Useful english dictionary

  • have someone over a barrel — have (someone) over a barrel to put someone in a very difficult situation in which they have no choice about what to do. She knows I need the work, so she s got me over a barrel in terms of what she pays me …   New idioms dictionary

  • work — work1 [ wɜrk ] verb *** ▸ 1 have job ▸ 2 spend time doing something ▸ 3 operate well ▸ 4 have effect ▸ 5 move gradually ▸ 6 shape a substance ▸ 7 do calculation ▸ 8 grow crops on land ▸ 9 dig substances out ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive to have a …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • work over — 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 • Syn: ↑beat, ↑beat up • Derivationally related… …   Useful english dictionary

  • work — noun 1》 activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a result. 2》 such activity as a means of earning income.     ↘W. Indian a job. 3》 a task or tasks to be undertaken.     ↘the materials for this.     ↘(works) chiefly… …   English new terms dictionary

  • work over — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms work over : present tense I/you/we/they work over he/she/it works over present participle working over past tense worked over past participle worked over informal work someone over to injure someone severely… …   English dictionary

  • work over — PHRASAL VERB To work someone over means to beat them very violently. [INFORMAL] [V n P] The gang worked me over. Syn: beat up …   English dictionary

  • work — [wʉrk] n. [ME werk < OE weorc, akin to Ger werk < IE base * werĝ , to do, act > Gr ergon (for * wergon), action, work, organon, tool, instrument] 1. physical or mental effort exerted to do or make something; purposeful activity; labor;… …   English World dictionary

  • work — work1 W1S1 [wə:k US wə:rk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(do a job for money)¦ 2¦(do your job)¦ 3¦(help)¦ 4¦(do an activity)¦ 5¦(try to achieve something)¦ 6¦(machine/equipment)¦ 7¦(be effective/successful)¦ 8¦(have an effect)¦ 9¦(art/style/literature)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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