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rough up

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rough someone up
to beat someone up; to maltreat someone. Am I going to have to rough you up, or will you cooperate? The crooks roughed up the old lady before taking her purse.
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rough something up

to scrape or rub something in a way that makes it rough. All you have to do is rough the ground up, sow the seeds, and then water them. Rough up the surface a little before you paint it.
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rough somebody up also rough up somebody
to attack someone physically but without causing serious injury He was only thirteen the first time gang members roughed him up. It is reported that police officers roughed up several protesters.
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Seeley's two-seat race car sports the yellow body of a 2001 VW Bug supported by huge tires and a suspension that can absorb the rough ups and downs of a wilderness terrain.
SPEED, HIGH JUMPS NO MORE WAITING FOR DESERT RACE TEAM by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Such as the Crusades, which, depending on your point of view, was either a grand experiment to shore up Europe's moral fiber or an excuse for zealous, anti-Semitic thugs to rough up Jews and Muslims.
'CHRISTIANITY' SHOWS THE GOOD, BAD AND UGLY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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