as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
the mob boss's thugs really worked him over
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Recent Examples of work over
Lamprecht has two decades of experience in the sector, working over the years with luxury brands ranging from Ferragamo and Valentino to Etro.
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Luisa Zargani, WWD, 24 Feb. 2025
Those whose job were funded by an excise tax on cigarettes, for example, said they were not called back to work over the weekend.
—Christina Jewett, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Bryant said he was punched in the face, then taken to an isolated area and worked over some more.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the governing body overseeing the OG of award shows, has worked over the past decade to restructure the membership of film professionals who vote on the Oscars each year.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
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Luisa Zargani, WWD, 24 Feb. 2025
Those whose job were funded by an excise tax on cigarettes, for example, said they were not called back to work over the weekend.
—Christina Jewett, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Bryant said he was punched in the face, then taken to an isolated area and worked over some more.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the governing body overseeing the OG of award shows, has worked over the past decade to restructure the membership of film professionals who vote on the Oscars each year.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for work over
Verb
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Marchand has crossed lines by licking players, or repeatedly punching a hockey pacifist like Vancouver’s Daniel Sedin in a final series.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Mar. 2025
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Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis are licking their chops.—
Jeffrey Gedmin,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
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The couple went viral in 2022 when food blogger Carissa Stanton moved into their former Venice, Calif., home and found old photographs of Dann and Karen hidden in the fireplace.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The shooter behind the 2023 Nashville elementary school attack that killed six people, including three children, had been obsessively planning it for years while hiding mental health issues from family and doctors, a police report released Wednesday reveals.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The show follows Richards pounding the pavement in every shot as he is violently hunted.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
3 Apr. 2025
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That leaves us with Tim, STILL pounding the pills and booze.—
Dan Heching,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
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However, Cabello lashed out at U.S. authorities, accusing them of unjustly detaining and deporting Venezuelans under false claims of gang affiliations.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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In early March, tropical storm Alfred battered Australia’s heavily populated east coast, lashing the region with damaging winds and heavy rain for several days as hundreds of thousands of homes in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales lost power.—
Edward Szekeres and Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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And what exactly is Elon Musk doing at the Pentagon?—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2025
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This was the best of both creative stimulating worlds, essentially doing a play on screen.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
23 Mar. 2025
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Joshua Hur hit a home run, Trey Ebel had a two-run double and Ethan Bingaman contributed an RBI triple.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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The move is likely to hit Japan, South Korea and Germany particularly hard.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
26 Mar. 2025
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Simultaneously punched out, yet refusing to stay down for the count, a gruff Smith does his actorly best to understand, then diss, his public’s view of the slap heard round the world.—
A.D. Amorosi,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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The alleged victim told troopers that, following the disturbance, the men left then returned a short time later and allegedly physically assaulted him and punched out windows in the garage, according to state police.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2025
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Meister can often immediately identify on an MRI that a pitcher throws a sweeper—a hard slider that the pitcher whips to get about fifteen inches of horizontal movement from the ball.—
Lindsey Adler,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2025
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The moment, which made the episode’s final cut, occurs when Drummond whips Mark S. around and pushes him into a wall.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Work over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/work%20over. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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