beat someone round the ears

verb

To beat (a person) with blows about the head.

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Meanings

verbbeat someone round the ears (third-person singular simple present beats someone round the ears, present participle beating someone round the ears, simple past beat someone round the ears, past participle beaten someone round the ears)

present singular third person beats someone round the ears · participle present beating someone round the ears · participle past beaten someone round the ears

  1. idiomaticTo beat (a person) with blows about the head.

    'I wanted to beat that supervisor round the ears with his clipboard.'

    2006, Hilary Lloyd, A Necessary Killing, page 39
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