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Verb: work over  wurk ow-vu(r)
Usage: informal
  1. Give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
    "The thugs worked over the shopkeeper for protection money";
    - beat, beat up

Derived forms: worked over, works over, working over

Type of: act, move