give (someone) the works

To physically assault, harass, or rough up someone. When John refused to pay protection money to the mafia, two of their goons took him outside and gave him the works.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sunday	SUN-day	English
Aatu	AH:-too	Finnish
Roman	rah-MAHN (Russian), RAW-mahn (Polish)	Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Slovene, Croatian, German
Katriina	KAHT-ree:-nah	Finnish
Janey	['dʒeini]
Salli	SAHL-lee	Finnish