rough up

English

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Verb

rough up (third-person singular simple present roughs up, present participle roughing up, simple past and past participle roughed up)

to manhandle or beat up
The gangsters roughed him up a little.
To make rough, to roughen (especially doing so to wood while raising the grain)

Derived terms

rough up the bullpen

Translations

to manhandle or beat up

Finnish: pahoinpidellä (fi), murjoa (fi)
French: malmener (fr), brutaliser (fr)
German: derbe malträtieren, übel zurichten, zusammenschlagen (de), verprügeln (de)
Maori: tunuhuruhuru
Russian: побить (ru) (pobitʹ), избить (ru) (izbitʹ)