beat up Meaning of "beat up"

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Definition(s):

  1. (v) give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
  2. (v) gather

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Usage(s):

  1. An' got beat up for laughs.
  2. And then there was the irate Capitol Hill staff member who beat up on Thomas' Mercedes SL 500, with Thomas inside, in the Capitol garage last April.
  3. If all Americans were like early voters, we'd have a perfectly run country that would get beat up by all the other countries.
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