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To defeat heavily in a contest

To whip or lash someone, especially as punishment

To rebuke or chastise verbally

To defeat, subdue or overcome with superior strength

Knock the daylight out of

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

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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

defeat someone heavily

cook one's goose

fix one's wagon

wipe off the mat

get the better of

give a drubbing to

be victorious over

gain a victory over

render incapable

run circles around

take a stick to

render powerless

render helpless

run rings round

raze to the ground

turn something inside out

pip at the post

knock the stuffing out of

beat the pants off

gain mastery over

render speechless

knock socks off

come out on top of

come out on top

give someone a beating

give someone a good drubbing

let someone have it

let one have it

beat the living daylights out of

give someone a good beating

knock into the middle of next week

rain blows upon

give someone a good hiding

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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

beat the living daylights out of

give someone a hiding

take a strap to

tan someone's hide

punish severely

give the cat o'nine tails

give someone a good hiding

whip someone's hide

warm someone's seat

dust someone's britches

beat the living daylights out of someone

give someone a hot bottom

give somebody a hiding

warm someone's bottom

put over one's knee

give someone a licking

put someone over your knee

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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 hell

give someone a caning

give someone an earful

tear off a strip

give someone a mouthful

give someone a telling-off

give someone a wigging

give someone a row

call on the carpet

give someone a rollicking

give someone a dressing-down

rap over the knuckles

give someone a rating

give someone a roasting

give someone a rocket

give someone some stick

rake over the coals

send someone away with a flea in their ear

find fault with

fulminate against

tear a strip off

give a piece of one's mind

slap on the wrist

slap someone's wrist

take someone to task

call to account

rap someone over the knuckles

bring someone to book

take to the woodshed

come down hard on

throw the book at

chew someone out

give a going over

slap someone on the wrist

come down on like a ton of bricks

criticize severely

lay down the law

call over the coals

give someone a bad press

strongly criticize

rap on knuckles

inveigh against

tell a thing or two

point the finger at

take somebody to task

give something a bad press

rap someone's knuckles

lay at one's door

mete out punishment to

teach someone a lesson

make an example of

reprimand severely

pull someone up

tear someone a new one

give someone a dressing down

give someone a telling off

rake over coals

give comeuppance

give going-over

give tongue-lashing

give somebody a piece of one's mind

express disapproval of

give someone stick

rap across the knuckles

severely reprimand

take disciplinary action against

have words with

give someone a carpeting

criticize hatefully

give a tongue-lashing

criticize harshly

have someone on the carpet

give piece of mind

take down a peg

give a hard time

burn one's ears

put on the carpet

criticize strongly

send someone away with a flea in his

give the dickens

have your knife in

give an injunction to

give someone a ticking-off

bring to account

have on the carpet

run something down

declaim against

cast aspersions on

give some stick to

point finger at

hang something on

blow whistle on

put someone in their place

take down a peg or two

send up the river

rap someone the knuckles

drag over the coals

look askance at

take exception to

remonstrate against

express a poor opinion of

be hostile towards

hold accountable

hold responsible

assign fault to

lay a guilt trip on

lay the blame on

consider guilty of

point a finger at

assign guilt to

lay a bad trip on

point the finger

assign liability to

place the blame on

give it to someone

give someone the works

give a lesson to

punish severely

give a going-over

have someone's guts for garters

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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

To defeat, subdue or overcome with superior strength

get the better of

wipe the floor with

make mincemeat of

be victorious over

bring someone to their knees

blow out of the water

gain mastery over

gain a victory over

gain control over

render incapable

render helpless

render powerless

get the upper hand over

run rings around

put in the shade

take to the cleaners

go one better than

give someone a drubbing

run rings round

turn inside out

give someone a hiding

knock spots off

run circles around

be head and shoulders above

outmanoeuvre^UK

win a resounding victory over

pip at the post

get the upper hand

gain ascendancy over

trample underfoot

bring to their knees

put in their place

be on another level

be a class above

take precedence

stand head and shoulders above

be greater than

give someone a pasting

gain the advantage over

throw back in confusion

raze to the ground

wipe off the map

wipe off the face of the earth

reduce to ruins

blow out of water

gain the upper hand over

come out on top

prevail against

gain mastery of

take the honours

remove from power

remove from office

rule with an iron hand

bring about the downfall of

win a victory over

run roughshod over

take to cleaners

put out of action

put out of commission

bring to naught

put the kibosh on

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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 somebody

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