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Expression

To beat the tar out of someone means to beat them up

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; ; Shearer, Alan

Keyword(s): Beat ; EUPHEMISM ; Expression ; Injure ; Language ; Saying ; Tar ; VIOLENCE

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group

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