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beat someone's arse

beat someone's arse 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 someone's arse

third-person singular presentbeats someone's arse
present participlebeating someone's arse
pastbeat someone's arse
past participlebeaten someone's arse

Questions about beat someone's arse

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

Words near beat someone's arse in the dictionary

  1. beat parry
  2. beat retreat
  3. beat sheet
  4. beat someone at their own game
  5. beat someone round the ears
  6. beat someone's arse
  7. beat someone's ass
  8. beat someone's brains out
  9. beat someone's time
  10. beat the air
  11. beat the allegations

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