thrash

Related to thrash: thrash out

thrash about

To move or flail about restlessly, wildly, or violently. The poor kid is in such pain with his toothache that he's been thrashing about in bed all night. The fox thrashed about trying to get free from the trap.
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thrash around

To move or flail around restlessly, wildly, or violently. The poor kid is in such pain with his toothache that he's been thrashing around in bed all night. The fox thrashed around trying to get free from the trap.
See also: around, thrash

thrash on (one)

To berate, upbraid, or criticize one. I made a fairly innocuous comment about the situation, and everyone on the forum started thrashing on me for it! You don't need to thrash on the entire team for one person's mistakes.
See also: on, thrash

thrash out

To engage in a thorough discussion in order to determine a solution to a problem. A noun or pronoun can be used between "thrash" and "out." We had to stay an extra two hours thrashing this issue out. We're organizing a committee to thrash out the homelessness crisis in the city.
See also: out, thrash

thrash out of (someone or something)

1. To escape from some confinement or restraints by moving and flailing wildly. The weasel thrashed out of the trap and ran off into the woods. I tried to hold the dog still for the injection, but it thrashed out of my arms.
2. To cause someone to divulge some information by severely and repeatedly beating them. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "thrash" and "out." The detective attempted to thrash the kidnapped girl's location out of the criminal. You can't just thrash a confession out of the suspects! We have a little something called due process in this country!
3. To cause someone to give up some quality or conviction by severely and repeatedly beating them. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "thrash" and "out." The colonizers attempted to thrash our native language out of us as part of their conquest centuries ago. The alien race tried to thrash the hope out of their human slaves.
See also: of, out, thrash
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

thrash around

to move about restlessly or violently. Settle down and stop thrashing around. Timmy thrashed around all night when he had the high fever.
See also: around, thrash

thrash something out

Fig. to discuss something thoroughly and solve any problems. The committee took hours to thrash the whole matter out. John and Anne thrashed out the reasons for their constant disagreements.
See also: out, thrash

thrash something out of someone

Lit. to beat something out of someone. The sheriff really wanted to thrash the truth out of Tex, but that is illegal. Max wanted to know where the money was hidden and he tried to thrash it out of Lefty.
See also: of, out, thrash
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

thrash about

Also, thrash around. Move wildly or violently, as in He thrashed about all night, unable to sleep, or The fish thrashed around on the dock, so Meg threw it back in the water. [Mid-1800s]
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thrash out

Discuss fully, especially to resolve a problem, as in We'll just have to thrash out our ideas about where to go on vacation. [Late 1800s]
See also: out, thrash
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

thrash out

v.
1. To discuss or examine something fully: The committee thrashed out the new budget. The politician thrashed the issue out with her advisers.
2. To come to some agreement or solution through intense debate: The two sides finally thrashed out a compromise. The defense thrashed a deal out with the prosecution.
See also: out, thrash
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

thrash on someone

in. to scold, criticize, or berate someone. She’s always thrashing on her roommate.
See also: on, someone, thrash
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • thashed
  • thrash about
  • thrashing
  • thrash around
  • lash at
  • lash at (someone or something)
  • lash about
  • lash against
  • lash around
  • flop around
References in periodicals archive
"We were sick of speed metal calling itself thrash and metal-core saying it's hardcore," says Stuart Nixon, 22, the band's commanding vocalist and a chef by day.
Yesterday, under cross-examination Major Taylor denied ever giving the order to "thrash", but admitted giving an unlawful order to punish the Iraqis by "working them hard".
In bringing disparate collections together, the catalogue raisonne offers the most comprehensive assessment of Dox Thrash's work to date.
Thrash refused to stop the breakfasts, but agreed that any official support would be unconstitutional.
While with the WPA, Thrash discovered that gritty carborundum crystals, normally employed to remove images from lithograph stones, could also be used on copper plates to make etchings.
Other plaintiffs include six hotel ownership groups led by Ike Thrash that had management agreements with Schulte, including Arkansas Hospitality Group, which owns the DoubleTree by Hilton in Fort Smith.
Two traffic wardens bitterly thrashed a young but poor rickshaw driver for showing courage and made arguments with them in the provincial capital on Wednesday.
ATTACKS on journalists continue unabated in the country with the latest case being reported from Srinagar, where a senior journalist was thrashed by guards following a minister's instructions after he objected to their passing lewd comments at his wife.
Thrash has 24 years experience in the funeral services field.
Gary Thrash, father of the groom, served as best man.
While mainstream success has largely eluded Annihilator their non-compromising approach to thrash has earned them a loyal following across the globe.
Are you guys working-class thrash or fuck-cash thrash?
Regimental Sergeant Major Wilton Brown told the court martial in Osnabruck, Germany, that Maj Taylor ordered him to 'thrash' the Iraqis once they were captured.
Thomas Thrash of Little Rock, an attorney who represented Jefferson County, the city of North Little Rock and the Pine Bluff Advertising & Promotion Commission in a long-running lawsuit against the OTCs, also received class-action status to represent 43 A&P commissions in the state along with all counties and cities where hotels are located.
Rachel Thrash and Cody Wirt Chew were united in marriage on the evening of June 6, 2009, at First Baptist Church in Philadelphia.