The boxer whupped his overmatched opponent.
Our team got whupped in last night's game.
Recent Examples on the WebRealize can’t nobody whup you.—Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2020 As a metro-area duo, though, Johnson and Fisher would whup any bad-owner tag team from any other city.—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2021 Real material and social progress is rarely made up out of glorious and dramatic crusades, though we are called to crusade from time to time: Hitler ain’t gonna whup his self.—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 14 Sep. 2017
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