to trounce

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

To beat.--Halliwell. Colloquial in England and the United States.


The Lord trounced Sisera, and all his chariots.--Mathews' Trans. of the Bible, 1537. Judges, v. 15.

Sit down and eat your supper, or I'll trounce you in two minutes.--Maj. Downing, p. 165.

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