- work over
- {v. phr.}, {slang} To beat someone up very roughly in order to intimidate him or extort payment, etc. * /Matthew was worked over by the hoodlums in the park right after midnight./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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work over — index emend, modify (alter), redact, revise Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
work over — verb a) To improve a prototype, or first draft. The estimated figures are not bad, but somebody will have to work them over. b) To physically attack in order to cause injury. Hell talk, once we work him over … Wiktionary
work over — transitive verb Date: 1835 1. to subject to thorough examination, study, or treatment < shelf stock worked over by shoppers > 2. to do over ; rework < saved the play by working the first act over > 3. to beat up or manhandle with thoroughness … New Collegiate Dictionary
work over — {v. phr.}, {slang} To beat someone up very roughly in order to intimidate him or extort payment, etc. * /Matthew was worked over by the hoodlums in the park right after midnight./ … Dictionary of American idioms
work over — (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To repair] Syn. fix, fix up, go over, redo; see repair , repeat 1 . 2. [*To beat or punish] Syn. thrash, beat up*, abuse; see beat 2 , punish … English dictionary for students
Work over — Переделывать … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
Over — O ver, adv. 1. From one side to another; from side to side; across; crosswise; as, a board, or a tree, a foot over, i. e., a foot in diameter. [1913 Webster] 2. From one person or place to another regarded as on the opposite side of a space or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Over again — Over O ver, adv. 1. From one side to another; from side to side; across; crosswise; as, a board, or a tree, a foot over, i. e., a foot in diameter. [1913 Webster] 2. From one person or place to another regarded as on the opposite side of a space… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Over against — Over O ver, adv. 1. From one side to another; from side to side; across; crosswise; as, a board, or a tree, a foot over, i. e., a foot in diameter. [1913 Webster] 2. From one person or place to another regarded as on the opposite side of a space… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Over and above — Over O ver, adv. 1. From one side to another; from side to side; across; crosswise; as, a board, or a tree, a foot over, i. e., a foot in diameter. [1913 Webster] 2. From one person or place to another regarded as on the opposite side of a space… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
