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Meaning of beat up

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

beat up

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noun

Definitions

  1. A person who, or thing that, has been beaten up.

  2. An act of beating up:

  3. An artificially or disingenuously manufactured alarm or outcry, especially one agitated by or through the media.

    Example: 2009, Newstalk ZB, Hydro project claims "a beat up" - Brownlee, Newstalk ZB.

  4. A tree planted later than others in a plantation.

verb

Definitions

  1. To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.

    Example: I got beaten up by thugs on my way home.

  2. To attack suddenly; to alarm.

  3. To cause, by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.

  4. To feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something. Usually followed by over or about.

    Example: Don't beat yourself up over such a minor mistake.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Battered by time and usage; beaten up.