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 one's facebeat outpound a beatknock the living daylights out ofpound outcut to piecesrun into the groundrip to shredsbeat the dustbeat feetbruise upbeat one's meatpunched out