I had more than a couple of bullies mess with me in grade school. I was small at the time but in high school that would change.
I took them all on after school. I didn’t win every fight but ever fight was the last one I had with each of them.
There was one bully on our street that stole my bike once and came by with it laughing at me. I broke his nose.
I never met a bully that would go more than one round once they knew you would fight back and keep fighting back. They are all cowards because that is part of what being a bully is.
I had one kid who would punch me every time he saw me when we passed in the hallway.
One day when my group of kids was walking home from school he walked alongside me and taunted me and wouldn’t stop. I was a school patrol, which he evidently didn’t factor into his planning.
After I two-handed him with my metal flagpole across his rib cage, he quit bothering me. I also did it in front of my house so his feeble attempt at retaliation could be seen by my parents.
In short, the bullying stopped.