rough up
rough up — idiom
1. to push, hit, or kick someone as a way of scaring them, usually to stop them fro
to push, hit, or kick someone as a way of scaring them, usually to stop them from doing something or to force them to act in a certain way
A group of older students roughed up Amira and warned her not to tell the teacher.
collocation: roughed up + [person] + and warned
The gang members roughed up Ignacio to warn the other shopkeepers on the street.
purpose clause: roughed up [person] to [intimidate others]
Mateo told the police that two strangers had roughed him up and threatened to come back.
The landlord sent men to rough up tenants who could not pay their rent on time.
- beat up
more intense, implies causing more serious injury
- manhandle
more formal, suggests rough handling without necessarily hitting
- intimidate
broader meaning, can be non-physical; more formal
- protect
to keep someone safe from harm
文法句型
rough + somebody + up
rough up + somebody
用法筆記
The focus of this sense is on frightening or threatening someone through physical contact, not on causing serious injury. The person being roughed up is usually the direct object, placed between 'rough' and 'up'.
常見錯誤
rough up — phrasal verb
- rough upbase form
- roughs up3rd person singular
- roughing up-ing form
- roughed uppast simple
1. to beat someone by striking them repeatedly with your hands or feet, causing pai
to beat someone by striking them repeatedly with your hands or feet, causing pain or minor injury
Kian came home with a black eye after strangers roughed him up near the train station.
result pattern: came home with [injury] after [person] roughed [object] up
The security footage showed two men roughing up a delivery driver behind the market.
continuous aspect: showed [person] roughing up [person]
Dario was roughed up so badly during the robbery that he needed hospital treatment.
Hana told the nurse that a group of teenagers had roughed her up outside the cinema.
- caress
to touch gently, the opposite of rough treatment
文法句型
rough + somebody + up
rough up + somebody
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive (be/get roughed up) when the speaker wants to focus on the victim rather than the attacker. More common in British than American English, though understood in both.