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'thrash about' is a legitimate phrase that can be used in written English.
It means to violently move one's body or flail around, usually in an effort to escape something or find a way out. Example: The prisoner desperately thrashed about in his cell, attempting to find a way to break free.
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Propelled by sparks, cowboy's arms and legs thrash about, then go limp.
Some thrash about, even biting through a few strands of metal mesh.
It will thrash about and swallow the juice until its body is filled with it".
"We thrash about, appallingly led, with no particular goal other than economic growth and unfettered consumption," says Wilson.
This is markedly different from the reaction of an infant, who will thrash about in an effort to dislodge whatever is blocking its airway.
Those to be harvested at a particular time are isolated from those which are not, lest they thrash about and damage one another.
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People were thrashing about on the ground.
"The turkey was thrashing about," he said.
The man thrashed about, almost pulling the boat over.
He thrashes about and punches the bed in his sleep.
They did not have sex but "thrashed about on a bed for several hours".
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