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beat up vs belabor

belabor vs beat up

beat up and belabor both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
beat up No No Yes No
belabor No No Yes No
As verbs, belabor is a hyponym of beat up; that is, belabor is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than beat up:
  • beat up: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
  • belabor: beat soundly
Other hyponyms of beat up include strong-arm, soak, pistol-whip, belabour, rough up, flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip, cane, flog, lambast, lambaste, kayo, knock cold, knock out, flail, lam, thrash, thresh, baste, batter, clobber, larrup, paddle, spank.
beat up (verb) belabor (verb)
gather attack verbally with harsh criticism
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression beat soundly
to work at or to absurd length
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