work over, v.
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9
beat beat up work over
sample sentences
"Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night""The teacher used to beat the students"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyThey want to %s the prisoners
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyThey want to %s the prisoners
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form