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work over vs rough up

rough up vs work over

work over and rough up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
work over No No Yes No
rough up No No Yes No
As verbs, rough up is a hyponym of work over; that is, rough up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than work over:
  • work over: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
  • rough up: treat violently
Other hyponyms of work over include strong-arm, soak, pistol-whip, belabor, belabour, 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.
work over (verb) rough up (verb)
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression treat violently
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