beat up
Meaning
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- To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.
- (obsolete) To attack suddenly; to alarm.
- To cause, by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.
- To feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something. (Usually followed by over or about.)
- To repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.
- To get something done (derived from the idea of beating for game).
- To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To disturb; to pay an untimely visit to.
- To go diligently about in order to get helpers or participants in an enterprise.
Synonyms
belabour
give a beating
collide with
have intercourse
knock against
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