Take and Whup

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Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.

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Whup and take are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Whup" instead a verb "Take".

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

Whup verb - To defeat by a large margin.

Usage example: in the summer box office sweepstakes, most of the Hollywood blockbusters got whupped by a small indie movie with no stars

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Take and whup are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Take" instead a verb "Whup".

Curb-Stomp Battle: While it drains her almost to the point of unconsciousness, it doesn't take Galadriel long to utterly whup Sauron's ass.

Source: Film / The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Things look grim for mankind, up until Mircea Basarab, leader of one of the human resistance groups, finally takes off the kid gloves and reveals he is freaking Dracula and proceeds to take his cadre of vampires and whup the Shongairi's collective asses.

Source: Superweapon Surprise

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