give someone a bloody nose

English

Verb

give someone a bloody nose (third-person singular simple present gives someone a bloody nose, present participle giving someone a bloody nose, simple past gave someone a bloody nose, past participle given someone a bloody nose)

  1. (idiomatic) To defeat or frustrate someone, but without doing any permanent damage.
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