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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  work over
       v : give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a
           punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up
           when he walked down the street late at night"; "The
           teacher used to beat the students" [syn: beat, beat up]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  work over
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To improve a prototype, or first draft.
     2 (lb en transitive slang) To physically attack in order to cause
  injury.
     3 (lb en transitive slang) To subject (a person) to a severe
  scolding, interrogation, etc.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  work over
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To improve a prototype, or first draft.
     2 (lb en transitive slang) To physically attack in order to cause
  injury.
     3 (lb en transitive slang) To subject (a person) to a severe
  scolding, interrogation, etc.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  work over
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To improve a prototype, or first draft.
     2 (lb en transitive slang) To physically attack in order to cause
  injury.
     3 (lb en transitive slang) To subject (a person) to a severe
  scolding, interrogation, etc.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  work over
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To improve a prototype, or first draft.
     2 (lb en transitive slang) To physically attack in order to cause
  injury.
     3 (lb en transitive slang) To subject (a person) to a severe
  scolding, interrogation, etc.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  work over /wˈɜːk ˈəʊvə/ 
  podávat si

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  work over /wˈɜːk ˈəʊvə/ 
  přepracovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  work over /wˈɜːk ˈəʊvə/ 
  vzít si do parády

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     痛打一顿

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