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The correct spelling is beat up.
How to pronounce beat up
noun
Say it like: Bee-t u-p
The correct spelling is beat up. A person who, or thing that, has been beaten up. For example: "2009, Newstalk ZB, Hydro project claims "a beat up" - Brownlee, Newstalk ZB."
Usage Examples
“2009, Newstalk ZB, Hydro project claims "a beat up" - Brownlee, Newstalk ZB.”
“I got beaten up by thugs on my way home.”
“Don't beat yourself up over such a minor mistake.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A person who, or thing that, has been beaten up.
- 2.An act of beating up:
- 3.An artificially or disingenuously manufactured alarm or outcry, especially one agitated by or through the media.
- 4.A tree planted later than others in a plantation.
verb
- 1.To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.
- 2.To attack suddenly; to alarm.
- 3.To cause, by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.
- 4.To feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something. Usually followed by over or about.
- 5.(WW2 air pilots' usage) Repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.
adjective
- 1.Battered by time and usage; beaten up.
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