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beaten someone's ass

beaten someone's ass is the past participle 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

Questions about beaten someone's ass

What is beaten someone's ass the past participle of?
Beaten someone's ass is the past participle of beat someone's ass.

Words near beaten someone's ass in the dictionary

  1. beaten one's swords into plowshares
  2. beaten out
  3. beaten rice
  4. beaten someone at their own game
  5. beaten someone round the ears
  6. beaten someone's ass
  7. beaten someone's brains out
  8. beaten someone's time
  9. beaten the air
  10. beaten the bat
  11. beaten the bishop

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