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Beat up

noun
Word Frequency: 0.9

Definitions

1.nounA person who, or thing that, has been beaten up.
2.nounAn act of beating up:
3.nounAn artificially or disingenuously manufactured alarm or outcry, especially one agitated by or through the media.
"2009, Newstalk ZB, Hydro project claims "a beat up" - Brownlee, Newstalk ZB."
4.nounA tree planted later than others in a plantation.
5.verbTo give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.
"I got beaten up by thugs on my way home."
6.verbTo attack suddenly; to alarm.
7.verbTo cause, by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.
8.verbTo feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something. Usually followed by over or about.
"Don't beat yourself up over such a minor mistake."
9.verb(WW2 air pilots' usage) Repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.
10.verbTo get something done, derived from the idea of beating for game
11.verbTo sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
12.verbTo disturb; to pay an untimely visit to.
13.verbTo go diligently about in order to get helpers or participants in an enterprise.
"to beat up for recruits, or for volunteers"
14.adjectiveBattered by time and usage; beaten up.

Synonyms

hazingdo overrough upwork overprocessbeatbeaten updilapidateddrum uprallygatherbeat down
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