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beat one's ass

beat one's ass is the alternative form of beat someone's ass.

Meaning of beat someone's ass

Verb

beat someone's ass (third-person singular simple present beats someone's ass, present participle beating someone's ass, simple past beat someone's ass, past participle beaten someone's ass)

  1. (US, idiomatic, vulgar) To beat someone severely.
    • God say spoil the apple, rot the apple, beat the child," some shit like that. Uh-huh, which mean beat your ass.1997, Leon E. Pettiway, Workin' it: Women Living Through Drugs and Crime, page 210
  2. (US, idiomatic, vulgar) To defeat or trounce someone; to win decisively over someone.
    • We got to do whatever it takes and beat their ass.2015, Scott Winter, Nebrasketball: Coach Tim Miles and a Big Ten Team on the Rise, page 168

Forms of beat one's ass

third-person singular presentbeats one's ass
present participlebeating one's ass
pastbeat one's ass
past participlebeaten one's ass

Questions about beat one's ass

What is beat one's ass the alternative form of?
Beat one's ass is the alternative form of beat someone's ass.

Words near beat one's ass in the dictionary

  1. beat mixing
  2. beat my neighbour out of doors
  3. beat off
  4. beat off with a stick
  5. beat on
  6. beat one's ass
  7. beat one's brain
  8. beat one's brains out
  9. beat one's breast
  10. beat one's chest
  11. beat one's face

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