"rough up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: roughs up [present, singular, third-person], roughing up [participle, present], roughed up [participle, past], roughed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rough up (third-person singular simple present roughs up, present participle roughing up, simple past and past participle roughed up)
  1. to manhandle or beat up Categories (topical): Violence Derived forms: rough up the bullpen Translations (to manhandle or beat up): pahoinpidellä (Finnish), murjoa (Finnish), malmener (French), brutaliser (French), derbe malträtieren (German), übel zurichten (German), zusammenschlagen (German), verprügeln (German), tunuhuruhuru (Maori), побить (pobitʹ) (Russian), избить (izbitʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-rough_up-en-verb-yNPfhwt5 Disambiguation of Violence: 94 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 87 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'to manhandle or beat up': 99 1
  2. To make rough, to roughen (especially doing so to wood while raising the grain)
    Sense id: en-rough_up-en-verb-nOEkErjO

Inflected forms

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          "word": "pahoinpidellä"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to manhandle or beat up",
          "word": "malmener"
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        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to manhandle or beat up",
          "word": "brutaliser"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to manhandle or beat up",
          "word": "derbe malträtieren"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to manhandle or beat up",
          "word": "übel zurichten"
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          "sense": "to manhandle or beat up",
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      "sense": "to manhandle or beat up",
      "word": "pahoinpidellä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to manhandle or beat up",
      "word": "murjoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to manhandle or beat up",
      "word": "malmener"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to manhandle or beat up",
      "word": "brutaliser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to manhandle or beat up",
      "word": "derbe malträtieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to manhandle or beat up",
      "word": "übel zurichten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to manhandle or beat up",
      "word": "zusammenschlagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to manhandle or beat up",
      "word": "verprügeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to manhandle or beat up",
      "word": "tunuhuruhuru"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pobitʹ",
      "sense": "to manhandle or beat up",
      "word": "побить"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izbitʹ",
      "sense": "to manhandle or beat up",
      "word": "избить"
    }
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