battre à plate couture

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  • IPA(key): /batʁ a plat ku.tyʁ/
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Verb edit

battre à plate couture

  1. (transitive, figuratively) to wipe the floor with, to beat hollow, to beat to a pulp, to shellac, to drub (to defeat severely, to inflict a heavy defeat upon)
    Synonym: (slang) démolir