beat to a pulp
The phrase "beat to a pulp" is often used to describe severe physical violence or a decisive defeat in a competition.
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Definition
B2Physical Assault
(informal, idiomatic)To severely injure someone through repeated physical blows.
Example
- The gang beat him to a pulp before the police arrived.
B2Competitive Sports
(colloquial, idiomatic)To decisively defeat an opponent in a competition.
Example
- Our team was beaten to a pulp in the final match.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "beat to a pulp":
beat upbeat the stuffing out ofbeat downbeat the daylights out ofbeat up onbeat the shit out ofbeat the poop out ofbeat onbeat with the ugly stickbeat someone's assbeat one's facebeat outpound a beatknock the living daylights out ofpound outcut to piecesrun into the groundrip to shredsbeat the dustdry beatbeat feetbruise upbeat the batbeat one's meatpunched out