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thrash about
Idioms and Phrases
Also, thrash around . Move wildly or violently, as in He thrashed about all night, unable to sleep , or The fish thrashed around on the dock, so Meg threw it back in the water . [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
When Wingard’s doing the math, it’s an earnest, wacky, hectic ride that often feels like being thrashed about in an Imax seat.
Your bedmate is whimpering in their sleep and perhaps thrashing about.
A video circulating online, purportedly of the attack, shows a man thrashing about in the water before being repeatedly attacked by a shark circling around him, then being dragged under.
When the anesthesia wore off, she thrashed about on the floor of a padded recovery stall as if she was still running in the race.
The look on that skunk's face, panicked but determined, convinced me it was unaware that it was dead even as it thrashed about, spewing entrails and blood across the road.
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