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Present participle for to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon

Present participle for to put a damper on one's mood or enthusiasm

Present participle for to have the weather be rough or violent

Present participle for to harm or lower the reputation or dignity of

Present participle for to frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

Present participle for to strike (someone) so as to make them fall down

Present participle for to put down or control by cruelty or force

Present participle for to forcibly put an end to

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Present participle for to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon

getting the better of

wiping the floor with

making mincemeat of

putting down

bringing someone to their knees

getting the upper hand over

gaining ascendancy over

shutting down

gaining the upper hand over

getting the upper hand

tyrannizing^US

colonizing^US

tyrannising^UK

colonising^UK

blowing out of the water

taking out

gaining a victory over

taking to the cleaners

pulverizing^US

giving someone a drubbing

pulverising^UK

giving someone a hiding

winning a resounding victory over

bringing under the yoke

going one better than

towering over

defeating heavily

bogging down

running circles around

winning a victory over

running roughshod over

putting someone in their place

giving someone a pasting

licking the pants off

putting the squeeze on

beating the pants off

enduring

making a fool of

gaining the advantage over

beating the daylights out of

throwing back in confusion

levelling^UK

leveling^US

beating the stuffing out of

tackling

bowling down

throwing to the ground

tripping up

knocking down

throwing down

bringing to the ground

knocking to the ground

beating the crap out of

beating the daylight out of

knocking the daylight out of

beating the tar out of

removing from power

doing away with

removing from office

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Present participle for to put a damper on one's mood or enthusiasm

giving someone the blues

dampening the spirits of

putting a damper on

breaking one's heart

making downhearted

causing to lose heart

taking the wind out of your sails

making someone fed up

knocking the stuffing out of

bearing down

turning off

beating

breaking someone's heart

causing suffering to

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

dragging

bringing tears to your eyes

harshing someone's mellow

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

putting someone off their stroke

making one's hair stand on end

making teeth chatter

chilling to the bone

making one's blood run cold

knocking the wind out of

underwhelming

putting into a flap

harshing one's mellow

scaring the daylights out of

castrating

taking the wind out

impressing

causing someone to lose their composure

shattering the illusions of

crippling

disarranging

disordering

blinding someone with something

taking your breath away

pressing

lobotomizing

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

taking the heart out of

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

breaking the heart of

casting a shadow over

giving someone the hump

shooting down

letting wind out of sails

taking down a peg or two

scaring the pants off

making one's flesh creep

scaring someone out of their wits

getting the wind up

putting the fear of God into

freezing your blood

scaring the bejesus out of

making someone jump out of their skin

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

throwing into a blue funk

giving someone goose pimples

giving one the creeps

throwing into a fright

chilling to the marrow

scaring the living daylights out of

scaring someone half to death

filling with consternation

messing up

throwing into a tizzy

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Present participle for to have the weather be rough or violent

coming down in buckets

coming down in stair rods

coming down in sheets

raining cats and dogs

coming down in torrents

coming down in bucketloads

coming down by the bucketful

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Present participle for to harm or lower the reputation or dignity of

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Present participle for to frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

baulking^UK

balking^US

putting the kibosh on

putting the stopper on

getting the better of

putting the mockers on

standing in the way of

upsetting the applecart

putting a spoke in someone's wheel

putting end to

taking wind out of sails

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Present participle for to strike (someone) so as to make them fall down

knocking to the ground

laying low

knocking for six

knocking off your feet

knocking into the middle of next week

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Present participle for to put down or control by cruelty or force

oppressing

subjugating

tyrannising^UK

tyrannizing^US

riding roughshod over

ruling with a rod of iron

ruling with an iron hand

terrorizing^US

victimizing^US

brutalizing^US

bullying

victimising^UK

subordinating

steamrollering

brutalising^UK

terrorising^UK

overwhelming

putting down

gaining mastery over

bringing someone to their knees

gaining control of

gaining ascendancy over

discriminating against

giving a hard time

messing over

making things hot for someone

showing ill will towards

playing the heavy with

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

having your knife into

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Present participle for to forcibly put an end to

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