work over
[verb]
Synonyms: revise, redraft, redraw, restyle, revamp, rework, rewrite

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work somebody over phrasal verb informal (see also work)
to attack someone by hitting them several times

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work over
threaten or beat someone
The gang worked over the storeowner in order to get some money from him.

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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.

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