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rough up

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rough up
vb (tr, adverb)
1. Informal to treat violently; beat up
2. to cause (feathers, hair, etc.) to stand up by rubbing against the grain
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Verb1.rough up - treat violently; "The police strong-armed the suspect"
beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
Translations
? rough up
vt sep hair → zersausen, verstrubbeln (inf); (inf) person → zusammenschlagen


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