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To separate the grain from the straw or husks

To shake or vibrate jerkily or nervously

To strike or beat repeatedly

To move or cause to move in a rhythmic, flapping motion

To struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water

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To separate the grain from the straw or husks

separate the wheat from the chaff

“Jefferson was thus able to thresh the wheat from one field, then have the threshing machine follow the harvesters to the granary in the next field.”

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To shake or vibrate jerkily or nervously

move restlessly

feel uncomfortable

move spasmodically

move convulsively

be like a cat on hot bricks

be on pins and needles

have ants in one's pants

move up and down

move unsteadily

shake like a leaf

shake violently

shake uncontrollably

swing backwards and forwards

move to and fro

swing back and forth

move from side to side

wave to and fro

move to the side

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“Sometimes, the poor child would cry out and thresh about in his sleep.”

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To strike or beat repeatedly

give someone a hiding

beat the living daylights out of

give someone a good hiding

knock into the middle of next week

give someone a drubbing

win a resounding victory over

take to the cleaners

bring someone to their knees

run rings around

turn inside out

let someone have it

take a stick to

wipe the floor with

make mincemeat of

be victorious over

get the better of

blow out of the water

give someone a beating

give someone a good beating

warm someone's seat

dust someone's britches

give someone a good drubbing

let one have it

whip someone's hide

rain blows upon

strike with a stick

beat with a stick

put in the hospital

take a strap to

tan someone's hide

assault physically

punish severely

duff someone up

lay a finger on

physically attack

box someone's ears

box somebody's ears

jump down one's throat

give the cat o'nine tails

be violent toward

beat the living daylights out of someone

give a black eye

knock block off

turn to violence

knock for a loop

move erratically

make black and blue

fire a broadside at

rain something down on

make things hot for someone

discriminate against

punish unfairly

get on someone's back

give a hard time

have your knife into

give someone a hard time

come into collision

come into collision with

mete out punishment to

slap someone's wrist

bring someone to book

teach someone a lesson

make an example of

give it to someone

rap someone's knuckles

give someone what for

give someone the works

throw the book at

give a lesson to

give a going over

come down on like a ton of bricks

give a going-over

have someone's guts for garters

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“He could dig, and he could thresh, and everything to which he put his hand he did with a will.”

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To move or cause to move in a rhythmic, flapping motion

move up and down

move to and fro

have the shakes

move from side to side

wave to and fro

swing backwards and forwards

swing back and forth

move back and forth

move backwards and forwards

shake in your boots

quake in your boots

have the quivers

change one's position

move side to side

move erratically

tremble precariously

walk unsteadily

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To struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water

walk unsteadily

lose your balance

grope one's way

walk with difficulty

walk with a limp

walk falteringly

battle one's way

fight one's way

make one's way with difficulty

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