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rough up

Definitions

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  • verb to manhandle or beat up
  • verb To make rough, to roughen (especially doing so to wood while raising the grain)

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  • verb treat violently

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hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. beat
  2. beat-up
  3. work over

forms (1)

Forms

  1. rough up the bullpen

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