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Regina Tuyen Le
2021-07-13 08:07
Whale away at (someone or something) informal verb phrase
To attack someone or something in a physical or verbal way
The protesters whaled away at the troops with hand grenades and petrol bombs
Many anti-fans whaled away at her on her Instagram.
Someone who ruins others' fun and enjoyment
1. To physically attack someone or use physical violence against someone
2. To provide a person with all of the possible choices
To hit, attack or strike someone in a way that causes serious injury or death
1. To sprinkle or cover something with a lot of something
2. To add or mix a lot of something in something such as a speech,video, story etc
3. To continuously attack someone or something with something such as stones, bullets, etc
The verb "whale'' should be conjugated according to its tense.
The word " whale" in this context does not refer to an ocean mammal, but rather to " flog" or "thrash". ( Mid- 1800s).
Do you see anything wrong?
To punish someone or something harshly
He's a really strict teacher, so he'll definitely lower the boom on you if you don't do your homework.
