Word Study
work over
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb work over has 1 sense
- work over(v = verb.contact) beat, beat up - 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" Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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