rough up
Intermediate (B1) informal
To hit or push someone around to scare or hurt them a bit.
"The gang roughed him up outside the bar and stole his wallet."
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Conan O'Brien · 4:52
Get in there and rough up screech.
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· 204:12
Yo, if you rough up your butt, stay away
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Golf on CBS · 0:30
Lucky to get caught up in the rough up and down
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PowerfulJRE · 18:38
What you do is you rough up a few of the bus boys
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Anne of All Trades · 42:14
I was also very careful to rough up the seeds with my teeth and then