bash sb about
Frequency: 3.50.5 per million words
To attack someone and hit them several times.
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Examples (10)
- The gang bashed him about in a dark alley.
- He was badly bashed about and left for dead.
- Witnesses saw the security guards bashing the protestor about.
- You can't just go around bashing people about without consequences.
- The old boxer recalled how he used to bash his opponents about in the ring.
- She was terrified they would bash her about if she resisted.
- The news reported that the prisoner had been bashed about by his cellmates.
- In the movie's fight scene, the hero bashes the thugs about with incredible skill.
- Stop bashing your brother about! You'll seriously hurt him.
- The court heard how the victim was grabbed and bashed about before his wallet was stolen.