Meaning of bruise up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To cause bruises to appear, usually by beating or battering.
   transitive
2. To show or get bruises.
   intransitive

Examples

“Instead, we must find an unworthy substitute for the defeat of a foe in that small grin we quickly suppress when we learn that a beheadphoned texter got hit by a car—no, not seriously injured, just bruised up enough to give him a wake-up call.”

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