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Alternative form of break a butterfly upon the wheel [To inflict a punishment out of all proportion to the offence.]
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Alternative form of break a butterfly upon the wheel [To inflict a punishment out of all proportion to the offence.]
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Alternative form of break a butterfly upon the wheel [To inflict a punishment out of all proportion to the offence.]
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To inflict a punishment out of all proportion to the offence.
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Alternative form of break a butterfly upon the wheel [To inflict a punishment out of all proportion to the offence.]
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Alternative form of break a butterfly upon the wheel [To inflict a punishment out of all proportion to the offence.]
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Alternative form of break a butterfly upon the wheel [To inflict a punishment out of all proportion to the offence.]
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Alternative form of break a butterfly upon the wheel [To inflict a punishment out of all proportion to the offence.]
n
An innocent person (usually a female) crushed by life's adversities.
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(colloquial, often with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down.
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(idiomatic) To defeat or frustrate someone, but without doing any permanent damage.
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(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative, chiefly with a conditional) To hurt or damage something even a bit.
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(transitive and intransitive, usually in present participial form) To be located in or mislaid in.
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(idiomatic, informal, hyperbolic) Used to express that one is greatly surprised.
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(idiomatic) To impress greatly; amaze; stun.
adj
Rendering someone unconscious.
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(intransitive, informal) Lash out, strike out.
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(idiomatic) To defeat one's opponent easily and completely during a fight, contest, or debate.
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(informal, Britain) To defeat decisively
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(idiomatic, chiefly North America) To seriously harm or kill someone.
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(idiomatic) To cause someone to become unconscious, especially by striking him or her.
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(idiomatic) To seduce someone romantically.
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Synonym of knock for a loop
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Alternative form of twist the knife [(informal, figuratively) To deliberately do or say something to worsen a difficult situation or increase a person's distress, irritation, or anger.]
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