beat up
Definitions
- A person who, or thing that, has been beaten up.
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An act of beating up: UK, slang
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A raid. UK, slang
- A beating; a hazing.
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An artificially or disingenuously manufactured alarm or outcry, especially one agitated by or through the media. Australia, New-Zealand, UK
- A tree planted later than others in a plantation.
Equivalents
Examples
“Well, two beat⟳ ups (the bullied kids) would split⟳ that cash fifty-fifty.”
“These hit-and-run LRDG attacks — “beat-ups,” the patrols were beginning to call⟳ them — continued, and added to the enemy's mounting difficulties.”
“We gave him wedgies and did mock beat-ups. We never hurt⟳ him or intended to hurt⟳ him, but he went along with our tough guy sort⟳ of image, and took it tongue in cheek and got it.”
“Frequently on guest nights beat⟳ ups were held by the Third Term, and cadets of the First Term (and, sometimes, the Second Term) were singled out individually.”
“To the people of CQ^([Central Queensland]) the Internet is nothing more than the subject of media beat⟳ ups about pornography and bomb making.”
“Media beat-ups and xenophobia are nothing new to the Vietnamese people.”
“These debates can be difficult to navigate⟳ and are all too easily reduced to simplistic reflections of individual taste⟳ and vulnerable to journalistic beat-ups.”
“2009, Newstalk ZB, Hydro project claims "a beat⟳ up" - Brownlee, Newstalk ZB.”
“The data include⟳ measurements from both the original tree plantings and subsequent beat-ups.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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