smack around
Beat up repeatedly
To smack around is to hit someone repeatedly, usually not with full force but enough to intimidate or punish: The older kids would smack him around after school.
It suggests casual violence—abuse rather than a single decisive blow.
Figuratively, to get smacked around is to be badly beaten in competition or argument.
- rough upAssault without severe injury
- knock aboutWander or loaf
- mistreatTo harm or neglect
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- slapOpen-handed blow
thrash · abuse · pummel · give a beating · manhandle · clobber · beat · wallop · batter · bully · punch · shove · strike · berate · insult · criticize · lay into · overwhelm