to work someone over with a ball-peen hammer--to take someone apart. "When the contract man gave the house head lip, her tirade was like working him over with a ball-peen hammer.
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- (The photo above is very old.) I presently carry out author interviews for the website LitHub.com, but before that I worked as a book columnist for the Newark Star-Ledger from January 2002 to June 2012. I have written for the New York Observer, the New York Post, the Denver Post and other newspapers.
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