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booby prizeA prize or status, often unwelcome, awarded as a joke or disincentive to the loser of a contest or for poor performance.Rate it:

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beating around the bushAvoiding factual responses, offering evasive statements, presenting dubious evidence.Rate it:

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devil beating his wifeWhen it is raining but the sun is outRate it:

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be still my beating heartAlternative form of be still my heartRate it:

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razor strappedThe violent WHIPPING of a recalcitrant, errant, disobedient grammar school boy with a two-inch wide by thirty inch long by one/quarter inch thick cowhide strap or belt. Punishment was generally for a misdemeanor and the beating was generally by the schoolmaster, school Principal, janitor or a person designated by the Principal to administer the 'thrashing': 'Crying out' or screaming by the school boy was met by harsher thrashing and Yelling' from the maddened 'THRASHER': The well 'WELTED'STRAPPED victims were forced to return to their classroomRate it:

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beat upTo give a severe beating to.Rate it:

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beat upTo get something done, derived from the idea of beating for game.Rate it:

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bruise upTo cause bruises to appear, usually by beating or battering.Rate it:

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duff upto beat up, to give a beating toRate it:

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get itTo "get what's coming to him/her"; to feel one's wrath; to receive punishment; to receive a retaliation; to receive a beating.Rate it:

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heart pounding widly like a forest fireHis heart was beating very fast like a wildfire spreadingRate it:

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passage à tabaca thorough beatingRate it:

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pumpkin heada severe head injury resulting from a beating.Rate it:

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punch someone's lights outTo give someone a serious beating using one's fists; to punch someone until he or she is unconscious.Rate it:

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take a lickingTo suffer a defeat or a beating.Rate it:

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whale the tar outa him!Act of Beating Someone! 'Slap 'im-UP To A Fair Thee Well!"Rate it:

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whoop-assAn act of beating.Rate it:

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