Sentence examples for worked him over from inspiring English sources

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I think they worked him over with one of those iron tire chains".

Franklin was older and bigger, and he always won — immobilized Graham, worked him over with a torturer's precision.

We worked him over, I gave him the antidote to the drug, and he was up and running like nothing had ever happened.

An American observer who saw the beating reported that the officer "really worked him over".

He was asked to put on 20lb of muscle … We worked him over pretty good about it: "You've gotta be a hunk!" Is there a double standard here?

Iran Since Mr. Hagel's bruising confirmation hearings, when members of his own Republican Party worked him over for his support of diplomatic engagement during his 12-year Senate career, he has been notably careful with his locution.

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The guards, assuming that he has tried to commit suicide, a prison offense, then work him over with a stun baton.

"If I had a chance to pass him and to get to his bumper and work him over, I would have," he said.

They were told to "work him over", before being locked in a room with him.

Cottpo gets Mayweather back to corner and works him over with combinations.

"We'd work him over a little bit about it".

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