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beat-up

[ beet-uhp ]

adjective

  1. Informal. dilapidated; in poor condition from use:

    a beat-up old jalopy.



noun

  1. the warpwise count of tufts of pile in the warp of carpets.

beat up

verb

  1. tr, adverb to strike or kick (a person), usually repeatedly, so as to inflict severe physical damage
  2. beat oneself up informal.
    to reproach oneself
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. worn-out; dilapidated
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of beat-up1

First recorded in 1935–40; adj., noun use of verb phrase beat up
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Example Sentences

Lots of Republicans feel they were sent to Washington to beat up on immigrants.

I got to beat up on those kids with the perfectly pressed uniforms.

Watching her drown her sorrows in hooch and then get beat up by Crazy Eyes in the showers was ghastly…but great television.

If Poroshenko is afraid of fighting a woman, nobody would believe he could beat up Putin!

When our hero is ambushed by dozens of agents in an elevator, we see him beat up every single one in close combat.

And Sara Lee beat up the eggs and found, after a bad moment, some salt in a box, and then poured her omelet into the pan.

The captain refused, telling me why; and at last I had to beat up for people almost with prayers.

The French and Turkish fleets combined were ten leagues south this morning, trying to beat up to us.

We'll beat up through this channel to the north side of the ice-field.

Yes, I'm the one that got wet, but you're the one that got beat up!

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