assault and battery »
. This legal distinction exists only in jurisdictions that distinguish assault as threatened violence rather than actual violence.
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at death's door »
About to die; in a life-threatening state of health.
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beat up »
To cause by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.
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catch hell »
Be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten.
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catch it »
Be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten.
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catmeat »
Someone who has been badly beaten.
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down for the count »
Decisively beaten; rendered irrelevant for the long term.
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full as a goog »
Having eaten too much, or being drunk.
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knocked for a six »
to be defeated; outwitted; outfoxed; beaten
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off the beaten path »
In a secluded location; in a place which is not frequently visited or not widely known.
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off the beaten track »
In a place or places not commonly visited.
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one's bark is worse than one's bite »
The individual acts threatening but is relatively harmless.
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out of the woods »
Out of peril; likely to recover or prevail over trouble; finished with the worst or most threatening part of a problem or illness.
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sabre-rattling »
Any threat, such as one company threatening another with a lawsuit.
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throw shapes »
To act tough or put up a front. For example, to threaten a person by making "karate chops" at them, without actually doing harm or knowing karate.
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