beating-up
Americannoun
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a severe thrashing administered for intimidation or revenge.
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Textiles. the process by which the loose pick is made an integral part of the woven material.
Etymology
Origin of beating-up
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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Finally, they said, a superhero film unapologetic about female empowerment, a film where the woman is the one doing the rescuing and the strategising and the beating-up.
From Economist ● Jun. 5, 2017
There is just so much top-down beating-up that can go on before teachers and principals rise up in protest, especially when so many at the top are not educators.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2011
There was no beating-up, and soon after the scene at the Spectator office, Columbia's footballers were forbidden to broach the subject publicly again.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still he stumbled about, hunting out of a cupboard a small basket of eggs, and in the next room a great stirring and beating-up followed.
From In the Tail of the Peacock by Savory, Isabel
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