"beat someone's ass" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: beats someone's ass [present, singular, third-person], beating someone's ass [participle, present], beat someone's ass [past], beaten someone's ass [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|beat<,,beat,beaten> someone's ass}} beat someone's ass (third-person singular simple present beats someone's ass, present participle beating someone's ass, simple past beat someone's ass, past participle beaten someone's ass)
  1. (idiomatic, vulgar) To thrash someone.
    To beat someone severely.
    Tags: idiomatic, vulgar
    Sense id: en-beat_someone's_ass-en-verb-7Kq74hfW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29
  2. (idiomatic, vulgar) To thrash someone.
    To defeat or trounce someone; to win decisively over someone.
    Tags: idiomatic, vulgar
    Sense id: en-beat_someone's_ass-en-verb-NqhbC2sO

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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