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à plates coutures

soundly

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soundly Used with battre to mean beating someone decisively, as in “beat someone soundly.”
FR: Notre équipe les a battus à plates coutures.
EN: Our team beat them soundly.

Il m'a battu à plates coutures.

He beat me hands down.

Il m'a battue à plates coutures.

He beat me hands down.

Battu à plates coutures !

Soundly beaten!

— Tampopo (1985)

Elle l'a battu à plates coutures.

She beat him hands down.