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Synonyms for work over in English

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work over:
- beat; beat up; work over

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Detailed Synonyms for work over in English

work over:

work over verb

work over

– give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression ¹
to beat; to beat up; work over
– give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression ¹
- beat verb (beats, beated, beating)
  - Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night¹
  - The teacher used to beat the students¹
- beat up verb (beats up, beated up, beating up)
- work over verb

Alternate Synonyms for "work over":

beat; beat up

Related Definitions for "work over":

give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression¹

Related Synonyms for work over

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