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Meaning of bruise up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Svenska mörbulta

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

bruised bruised up bruises bruises up bruisest bruising

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