flanquer une tripotée
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French
[edit]Verb
[edit]- to beat up
- (pronominal) to get into a fight, have a bust-up
- 1883 January 2, Guy de Maupassant, “Le Remplaçant”, in Gil Blas:
- En arrivant au quartier, l’autre matin, il apprit que deux hommes de sa compagnie s’étaient flanqué une abominable tripotée.
- On reaching the area the other morning, he learnt that two men from his company had got into a huge fight.