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To manhandle; beat up; rough up.
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Her brother's friends messed him up a little after he cheated on her.
Submitted on March 24, 2012
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- check is in the mail
- come hell or high water
- deep water
- dry run
- elbow room
- fat chance
- for the hell of it
- fresh start
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- hack it
- heart to heart
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- number one
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- on edge
- on the nose
- on the pill
- on thin ice
- one at a time
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- out of one's depth
- out of proportion
- piss up a rope
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- seat-of-the-pants
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