Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a beating, esp. as a punishment.

1925		L. Doyle Dear Ducks 214: Lanty had given the wife a cruel doin’-over.
1962		A. McLean Gates of Eden 162: I told you to shut your mouth [...] That was a reminder just. If you want a right doing over, keep on the way you are.
1990		in J. Foster Villains 152: Me old man went out there and give him a right doing over. He was giving him body punches so like it wouldn’t show, so me dad wouldn’t get done.
1997		K. Pohl Waiting Room Germany 66: The first thing they did was give us a right doing over. It was the first time I’d ever been seriously beaten up.