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Work over

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To improve a prototype, or first draft. transitive

    "The estimated figures are not bad, but somebody will have to work them over."

  2. 2
    give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression wordnet
  3. 3
    To physically attack in order to cause injury. idiomatic, slang, transitive

    "He'll talk, once we work him over."

  4. 4
    To subject (a person) to a severe scolding, interrogation, beating, etc. idiomatic, slang, transitive

    "The desk sergeant worked him over pretty good and finally turned him over to the detective squad."

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