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beat-up

bea·tup

uncommon informal
adjective (1) verb (2)

adjective

1.

damaged by blows or hard usage

  • “a battered old car”
  • “the beaten-up old Ford”
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verb

1.

give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

  • “Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night”
  • “The teacher used to beat the students”
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2.

gather

  • “drum up support”
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Origin

Deverbal from beat up.

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