beat somebody to a pulp
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbeat somebody to a pulpbeat somebody to a pulpinformalHIT to seriously injure someone by hitting them many times → pulpExamples from the Corpusbeat somebody to a pulp• Attempting to beat some one to a pulp would be described in these terms.• But when Alvin came back I thought he was going to beat me to a pulp.