Beat Up (someone) Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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beat up (someone) What does beat up (someone) mean?	to harm someone by hitting or beating them	The young boys beat up one of the older students.
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Play for time What does "Play for time" mean?	If you play for time, you delay something because because you are not ready or need more time to thing about it. Eg. I knew I had to play for time until the police arrived.

double-talk What does "double-talk" mean?	talk or words that appear to mean something but do not	The speaker gave the audience much double-talk and nobody knew what he wanted to say.
fine-tooth/toothed comb What does "fine-tooth/toothed comb" mean?	great care, careful attention so as not to miss anything	We went over the room with a fine-tooth comb but we were unable to find the lost credit card.
a cut-and-dried (case/decision) What does "a cut-and-dried (case/decision)" mean?	fixed, determined beforehand	The case was cut-and-dried and it ended in less than an hour.

Taste of your own medicine What does "Taste of your own medicine" mean?	If you give someone a taste of their own medicine, you do something bad to someone that they have done to you to teach them a lesson.
Drunker than a peach orchard boar What does "Drunker than a peach orchard boar" mean?	Southern US expression - Very drunk, as when a boar would eat fermented peaches that have fallen from the tree.
sow one's wild oats What does "sow one's wild oats" mean?	to do wild and foolish things in one's youth	The man sowed his wild oats when he was a young man.
schmooze What does "schmooze" mean?	gossip; discuss; cat
WTG What does "WTG" mean?	way to go
dope What does "dope" mean?	dumb person

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Beat Up (someone) Idiom