beat%20up

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    An act of beating up:

  3. 3

    An 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. 4

    A tree planted later than others in a plantation.

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

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

    I got beaten up by thugs on my way home.
  2. 2

    To attack suddenly; to alarm.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

    Don't beat yourself up over such a minor mistake.
  5. 5

    (WW2 air pilots' usage) Repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.

  6. 6

    To get something done, derived from the idea of beating for game

  7. 7

    To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.

  8. 8

    To disturb; to pay an untimely visit to.

  9. 9

    To go diligently about in order to get helpers or participants in an enterprise.

    to beat up for recruits, or for volunteers

adjective

  1. 1

    Battered by time and usage; beaten up.

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