rough up

• Verbe à particule signifiant maltraiter physiquement quelqu'un, le battre ou le malmener ; souvent utilisé dans un registre familier ou informel.

A phrasal verb meaning to treat someone violently or to beat them up, often used informally.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. To physically assault or beatinformal

   To treat someone violently, often by hitting or pushing them.

   malmener

   • The thugs roughed him up and stole his wallet.
   • The police were accused of roughing up the suspect.
   • He got roughed up in the bar fight.

   Synonymesassaultattackbeat upclobberknock aboutmugpummelthrashwork over

   Antonymescaresscomfortgentlesoothe

2. To make something less smoothinformal

   To make a surface uneven or less smooth.

   rendre rugueux

   • The sandpaper will rough up the surface before painting.
   • The constant use has roughed up the wooden floor.
   • He roughed up the edges of the metal to remove sharpness.

   Synonymesabradecorrugatefilefurrowgrainrasproughensandscratchscuff

   Antonymesflattenpolishsmooth

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