over-work

  • 131work over — {v. phr.}, {slang} To beat someone up very roughly in order to intimidate him or extort payment, etc. * /Matthew was worked over by the hoodlums in the park right after midnight./ …

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  • 132work over — (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To repair] Syn. fix, fix up, go over, redo; see repair , repeat 1 . 2. [*To beat or punish] Syn. thrash, beat up*, abuse; see beat 2 , punish …

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