work someone over

1. tv. to threaten, intimidate, or beat someone. Bruno had worked over Terry, and Sam knew that this was no idle threat.

2. tv. to give someone’s body a thorough examination or treatment. The doctors worked her over to the tune of $1,500 but couldn’t find anything wrong with her.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Page	PAYJ	English
Dolores	do-LO-res (Spanish), də-LAWR-is (English)	Spanish, English
Petra	PET-rah (Finnish), PET-rə (English)	German, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian, Swedish, Finnish, English
ViŠNja	VEESH-nyah	Croatian, Serbian
PaĈJo	PAH-chyo	Esperanto
Ramona	rah-MO-nah (Spanish), rə-MON-ə (English)	Spanish, Romanian, English