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MANHANDLE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they manhandle ... he / she / it manhandles
Past simple: manhandled
Past participle: manhandled
-ing form: manhandling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Handle roughly
Example:
I was manhandled by the police
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "manhandle" is one way to...):
handle; palm (touch, lift, or hold with the hands)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
