battre à plate couture

French

Alternative forms

• battre à plates coutures

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /batʁ a plat ku.tyʁ/

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Verb

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