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Beat up

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

📖 Definitions of "Beat up"

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.

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."

adjective
  1. 1

    Battered by time and usage; beaten up.

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