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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

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

extricate oneself

move spasmodically

move convulsively

be like a cat on hot bricks

be on pins and needles

move up and down

shake like a leaf

shake violently

shake uncontrollably

move unsteadily

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

warm someone's seat

dust someone's britches

strike with a stick

beat with a stick

give someone a beating

give someone a good beating

give someone a good drubbing

let one have it

rain blows upon

put in the hospital

tan someone's hide

give someone a hot bottom

take a strap to

punish severely

sock it to someone

box somebody's ears

lay a finger on

give the cat o'nine tails

beat the living daylights out of someone

physically attack

box someone's ears

give someone a licking

give a hiding to

tan the hide of

jump down one's throat

put over one's knee

put someone over your knee

give somebody a hiding

cause injury to

give a black eye

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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

move back and forth

move backwards and forwards

move something to and fro

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Struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water

be in difficulties

run into trouble

go at backwards

hit a bad patch

be out of your depth

come apart at the seams

lose your footing

lose your balance

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