smack up

smack up

To beat someone physically, especially without causing severe or lasting injury. A noun or pronoun can be used between "smack" and "up." I knew some kids in school whose parents smacked them up at home for being disobedient. Take a couple of men with you and go smack up that witness. Teach him why it's a bad idea to testify against me next week.
See also: smack, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • (Is) this taken?
  • interpret for
  • interpret for (someone)
  • ask back
  • angle
  • angling
  • dope out
  • dope out (something)
  • doping