SLAP AROUND


Meaning of SLAP AROUND in English

transitive verb

1. : buffet , manhandle

drunks … have a way of becoming much less troublesome if they are slapped around a little — Time

2. : to treat roughly, overbearingly, or harshly

critics really slapped the play around

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.