How to pronounce drub

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What drub means

verb

To defeat an opponent by a huge margin

In a sentence: The champions went on to drub every team in the league, winning each game by ten goals.

Where it comes from: It was first used in English in 1625, and no one is sure where it came from. It perhaps comes from an Arabic word meaning to hit, or from an old Kent dialect word meaning to beat.

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