beat someone round the ears

English

Verb

beat someone round the ears (third-person singular simple present beats someone round the ears, present participle beating someone round the ears, simple past beat someone round the ears, past participle beaten someone round the ears)

1. (idiomatic) To beat (a person) with blows about the head.
   • 2006, Hilary Lloyd, A Necessary Killing, page 39:

     'I wanted to beat that supervisor round the ears with his clipboard.'