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What is another word for trounce?

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To defeat heavily in a contest

To whip or lash someone, especially as punishment

To rebuke or chastise verbally

Knock the daylight out of

To defeat someone decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation

To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly

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Verb

To defeat heavily in a contest

make mincemeat of

run rings around

wipe the floor with

take to the cleaners

give someone a drubbing

turn inside out

bring someone to their knees

win a resounding victory over

give someone a hiding

blow out of the water

give someone a pasting

cook one's goose

fix one's wagon

wipe off the mat

get the better of

be victorious over

run rings round

put in the shade

run circles around

go one better than

gain a victory over

give a drubbing to

be head and shoulders above

pip at the post

knock spots off

outmanoeuvre^UK

get the upper hand

render incapable

render helpless

render powerless

take a stick to

get the upper hand over

gain mastery over

wipe off the map

gain ascendancy over

come out on top

be on another level

put someone in their place

be a class above

take precedence

stand head and shoulders above

be greater than

beat the pants off

raze to the ground

gain the upper hand over

come out on top of

knock your socks off

knock the stuffing out of

gain the advantage over

trample underfoot

throw back in confusion

blow out of water

win a victory over

run roughshod over

take to cleaners

prevail against

gain mastery of

take the honours

gain control over

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“Many believed that Nixon, an experienced college debater, would trounce his rival.”

Verb

To whip or lash someone, especially as punishment

tan the hide of

give a hiding to

give someone a hiding

beat the living daylights out of

take a strap to

tan someone's hide

punish severely

give the cat o'nine tails

outmanoeuvre^UK

run rings round

wipe the floor with

get the better of

give someone a drubbing

run roughshod over

take to the cleaners

win a victory over

bring someone to their knees

run rings around

take to cleaners

pip at the post

make mincemeat of

turn inside out

blow out of the water

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“I should trounce him with a tough cowhide thong.”

Verb

To rebuke or chastise verbally

remonstrate with

give someone a bollocking

let someone have it

give a talking-to

haul over the coals

read the riot act

jump down one's throat

give someone what for

give someone a rollicking

give someone a dressing-down

give someone hell

give someone a caning

give someone an earful

rap over the knuckles

tear off a strip

give someone a rating

give someone a mouthful

give someone a roasting

give someone a telling-off

give someone a wigging

give someone a row

call on the carpet

give someone some stick

rake over the coals

find fault with

send someone away with a flea in their ear

fulminate against

tear a strip off

slap on the wrist

give a piece of one's mind

slap someone's wrist

inveigh against

call to account

lay down the law

take to the woodshed

come down hard on

give someone a bad press

vituperate against

call over the coals

criticize severely

cast aspersions on

have someone on the carpet

point the finger

give something a bad press

bite someone's head off

lay at one's door

give a going over

tell a thing or two

strongly criticize

give some stick to

rap on knuckles

reprimand severely

give comeuppance

assault verbally

pass strictures upon

express disapproval of

tear someone a new one

give someone a dressing down

give someone a telling off

throw brickbats at

criticize harshly

rake over coals

give tongue-lashing

have words with

throw the book at

rap someone the knuckles

drag over the coals

give a bad press to

rap across the knuckles

severely reprimand

give someone a carpeting

criticize hatefully

take down a peg

give a hard time

burn one's ears

come down on like a ton of bricks

give someone stick

lose one's temper with

give the business

jump down someone's throat

jump on one's case

snap someone's head off

go for the jugular

have your knife in

send someone away with a flea in his

give the dickens

bring to account

give going-over

give piece of mind

criticize strongly

mete out punishment to

make an example of

declaim against

cut to the quick

take disciplinary action against

give an injunction to

give someone a ticking-off

put on the carpet

give a black eye

give a tongue-lashing

put someone in their place

take down a peg or two

look askance at

take exception to

remonstrate against

express a poor opinion of

be hostile towards

point finger at

hang something on

blow whistle on

send up the river

hold accountable

hold responsible

assign fault to

lay a guilt trip on

lay the blame on

consider guilty of

assign guilt to

lay a bad trip on

assign liability to

place the blame on

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“There would be Delegates in the Conference who would roundly trounce Mr. MacDonald, and even M. Herriot, for their participation in the Dawes Plan and the London Agreement.”

Verb

Knock the daylight out of

beat the stuffing out of

beat the crap out of

beat the daylight out of

beat the tar out of

knock the daylight out of

Verb

To defeat someone decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation

clean someone's clock

mop the floor with someone

Verb

To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly

give someone a beating

give someone a drubbing

give someone a hiding

give someone a good beating

let someone have it

give someone a good drubbing

give someone a good hiding

rain blows upon

beat the living daylights out of

knock into the middle of next week

give a black eye

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