slap someone around in English

Forms: slaps someone around [present, singular, third-person], slapping someone around [participle, present], slapped someone around [participle, past], slapped someone around [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} slap someone around (third-person singular simple present slaps someone around, present participle slapping someone around, simple past and past participle slapped someone around)

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic) To be brutal towards someone, especially physically."
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"slap someone around" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms