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

adjective

  1. 1.Battered by time and usage; beaten up.

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