1 [VN] to push, pull or handle sb roughly:
Bystanders claim they were manhandled by security guards. * They were manhandled into a waiting truck.
2 [VN+adv./prep.] to move or lift a heavy object using a lot of effort:
They were trying to manhandle an old sofa across the road.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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