beating (verb)
21duff up — verb to beat up, to give a beating to …
22soften — verb /ˈsɒfən/ a) To make something soft or softer. Soften the butter before beating in the sugar. b) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up). Before the invasion, we softened up the enemy with the artillery …
23take a licking — verb To suffer a defeat or a beating …
24beat a dead horse — verb To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason. After having shown us three hours of instructional and safety videos, the inspector was simply beating a dead horse by telling us to buckle up as we got into the van …
25knock up — verb /nɒk ʌp/ a) To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily. See also . Ill just knock up a quick demo for the sales presentation. b) To awaken ( …
26thresh — verb a) To separate the grain from the straw or husks by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery. b) To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub …
27beat around the bush — verb a) To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally. Please stop beating around the bush and tell me what the problem is! b) To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant. Syn …
28entreat — verb a) To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. “But I cannot persuade her to go away, my lady,” said the footman; “nor can any of the servants. Mrs. Fairfax is with her just now, entreating her to be gone; but she has taken a chair in …
29bruise up — verb a) To cause bruises to appear, usually by beating or battering. b) To show bruises …
30get — verb Get is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑employee, ↑finance, ↑weather, ↑winner Get is used with these nouns as the object: ↑abscess, ↑access, ↑accolade, ↑accommodation, ↑acknowledgement, ↑acne, ↑ …
