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Meanings of drub in английском

Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight.

Usage of drub in английском
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Spain is a convenient field on which to drub the French.
The Actress in High Life / An Episode in Winter Quarters
2
At rehearsal he used frequently to drub his former mistress.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
3
They might drub him, but not without bleeding for it.
Knife of dreams
4
And now if he don't drub the allies, there is 'no purchase in money.'
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 / With His Letters and Journals
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I will drub you within an inch of your life, and that inch also!
The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport
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If I only could have her here now, you'd see how I should drub her!
Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, E...
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I did think to drub thee sweetly, fellow.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
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You make sure that she'll drub the junks.
The Three Midshipmen
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So, lie ye both here, I say, till I show you how I drub this fellow.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
10
Could dare the web assault, the Spider drub!
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, April 2, 1892
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But before signing, 'Let us drub those Russians!'
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
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I used to drub him during manoeuvres.
A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
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We will drub him at the ballot.
Our Friend the Charlatan
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You must learn to drub them some day, mind you, if we don't do it just now.
True Blue
15
Say the word and my servants shall strip you of your smart feathers and drub you into the street.
If I Were King
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Why your heart would have broke, instead of being alive and merry to drub the round-heads, as I am.
The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 / An Historical Novel
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