Rate this phrase:3.0 / 1 vote

beat up

To alarm by a sudden attack.
6 Views
Collection   Edit    

Submitted on May 10, 2012

Additional definitions for 'beat up':

beat upTo give a severe beating to.
beat upTo sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
beat upTo cause by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.
beat upTo feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something. Usually followed by over.
beat upRepeatedly bomb a military target or targets.
beat upTo get something done, derived from the idea of beating for game.
beat upTo verbally assault repeatedly.
See them all »

Translation

Find a translation for the beat up phrase in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to beat up

my heart skipped a beatbeat the pants offbeat yourself updrum beatif you can't beat them, join themit is easy to find a stick to beat a dogbeat the rapbeat the crap out ofpolice beatdead beatbeat the stuffing out ofbeat the stuffing out ofpolice beatskip a beat

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this beat up phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this beat up definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "beat up." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/beat-up_124>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    Take this job and _____ it.
    A work
    B cram
    C shove
    D kiss

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ