rough up

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rough up

verb roughs up · roughing up · roughed up

To manhandle or beat up. The gangsters roughed him up a little.
To make rough, to roughen (especially doing so to wood while raising the grain).
historical To rub the loam that covers the brick wall of a mould to make it adhere firmly.

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verb to manhandle or beat up

Français	malmener, brutaliser
Deutsch	derbe malträtieren, übel zurichten, zusammenschlagen, verprügeln
Русский	побить pobitʹ, избить izbitʹ

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@misc{rough_up_2026,
  title = {rough up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rough%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}