| beat up | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. beat, beat up, work over | give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression.; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" |
| ~ strong-arm | use physical force against.; "They strong-armed me when I left the restaurant" |
| ~ soak | beat severely. |
| ~ pistol-whip | beat with a pistol. |
| ~ belabour, belabor | beat soundly. |
| ~ rough up | treat violently.; "The police strong-armed the suspect" |
| ~ hit | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.; "He hit her hard in the face" |
| ~ flog, lash, lather, trounce, welt, whip, slash, strap | beat severely with a whip or rod.; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" |
| ~ cane, lambast, lambaste, flog | beat with a cane. |
| ~ kayo, knock cold, knock out | knock unconscious or senseless.; "the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds" |
| ~ flail, thrash, lam, thresh | give a thrashing to; beat hard. |
| ~ clobber, baste, batter | strike violently and repeatedly.; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" |
| ~ larrup, spank, paddle | give a spanking to; subject to a spanking. |
| v. (contact) | 2. beat up, drum up, rally | gather.; "drum up support" |
| ~ collect, pull in | get or bring together.; "accumulate evidence" |
| hear | | |
| v. (perception) | 1. hear | perceive (sound) via the auditory sense. |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ overhear, take in, catch | hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers.; "We overheard the conversation at the next table" |
| ~ catch, get | perceive by hearing.; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see | get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally.; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted" |
| ~ get the goods | discover some bad or hidden information about.; "She got the goods on her co-worker after reading his e-mail" |
| ~ wise up | get wise to.; "They wised up to it" |
| ~ trip up, catch | detect a blunder or misstep.; "The reporter tripped up the senator" |
| ~ ascertain | learn or discover with certainty. |
| ~ discover, find | make a discovery.; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover" |
| ~ witness, see, find | perceive or be contemporaneous with.; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results" |
| v. (social) | 3. hear, try | examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process.; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California" |
| ~ probe, examine | question or examine thoroughly and closely. |
| ~ rehear, retry | hear or try a court case anew. |
| v. (perception) | 4. hear | receive a communication from someone.; "We heard nothing from our son for five years" |
| ~ receive, pick up | register (perceptual input).; "pick up a signal" |
| v. (perception) | 5. hear, listen, take heed | listen and pay attention.; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision" |
| ~ focus, pore, rivet, center, centre, concentrate | direct one's attention on something.; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" |
| ~ incline | bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well.; "He inclined his ear to the wise old man" |
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