rough up en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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To manhandle or beat up.
The gangsters roughed him up a little.
- To make rough, to roughen (especially doing so to wood while raising the grain).
- (historical) To rub the loam that covers the brick wall of a mould to make it adhere firmly.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| roughing up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| roughs up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| roughed up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| roughed up | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (15)
ru избить (to manhandle or beat up) · de übel zurichten (to manhandle or beat up) · de derbe malträtieren (to manhandle or beat up) · pl maltretować (to manhandle or beat up) · de zusammenschlagen (to manhandle or beat up) · fi pahoinpidellä (to manhandle or beat up) · fr brutaliser (to manhandle or beat up) · pl zmaltretować (to manhandle or beat up) · fr malmener (to manhandle or beat up) · pl poniewierać (to manhandle or beat up) · mi tunuhuruhuru (to manhandle or beat up) · pl sponiewierać (to manhandle or beat up) · fi murjoa (to manhandle or beat up) · ru побить (to manhandle or beat up) · de verprügeln (to manhandle or beat up)