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"(transitive) To beat or thump (someone) soundly."
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"note": "with a stick",
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"ref": "2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times",
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"sense": "to beat someone",
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