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beat up vs strong-arm

strong-arm vs beat up

beat up is not an adjective while strong-arm is an adjective.

beat up and strong-arm both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
beat up No No Yes No
strong-arm No Yes Yes No
As verbs, strong-arm is a hyponym of beat up; that is, strong-arm 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
  • strong-arm: use physical force against
Other hyponyms of beat up include soak, pistol-whip, belabor, 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 (adjective) strong-arm (adjective)
impelled by physical force especially against resistance
beat up (verb) strong-arm (verb)
gather use physical force against
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression be bossy towards
use force against
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