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• ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ <ЗАДАВАТЬ/ЗАДАТЬ> ТАСКУ кому substand

[VP]

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1. [subj: human]

⇒ to hit s.o. repeatedly (usu. while holding him by the hair):

- X дал Y-y таску{{}}≈ X grabbed Y by the hair and punched the crap (the hell etc) out of him;

- X beat the tar (the crap etc) out of Y.

2. [subj: human (usu. pl) or collect]

⇒ to cause s.o. (usu. a hostile army, the enemy) great losses, overwhelm or defeat s.o.:

- Х-ы дали Y-ам таску{{}}≈ Xs crushed (routed, clobbered) Ys;

- Xs gave Ys a good (real etc) thrashing (beating etc).

     ♦ ...[Фёдор Карлович] похвастался тем, что он был рекрутом под Ватерлоо и что немцы дали страшную таску французам (Герцен 1). ...[Fedor Karlovich bragged] of having been a recruit at Waterloo, and of the Germans having given the French a terrible thrashing (1a).