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beating someone's ass

beating someone's ass is the present participle and gerund 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 beating someone's ass

What is beating someone's ass the present participle and gerund of?
Beating someone's ass is the present participle and gerund of beat someone's ass.

Words near beating someone's ass in the dictionary

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

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