The boxer whupped his overmatched opponent.
Our team got whupped in last night's game.
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Realize 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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