rough up

English

Verb

rough up (third-person singular simple present roughs up, present participle roughing up, simple past and past participle 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)

Derived terms

rough up the bullpen

Translations

to manhandle or beat up

Finnish: pahoinpidellä (fi), murjoa
French: malmener (fr), brutaliser (fr)

Maori: tunuhuruhuru