beat up

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: beat up

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

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: beat up

Types:: show 18 types...; hide 18 types...; strong-arm
use physical force against; soak
beat severely; pistol-whip
beat with a pistol; belabor, belabour
beat soundly; rough up
treat violently; flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip
beat severely with a whip or rod; cane, flog, lambast, lambaste
beat with a cane; kayo, knock cold, knock out
knock unconscious or senseless; flail, lam, thrash, thresh
give a thrashing to; beat hard; baste, batter, clobber
strike violently and repeatedly; larrup, paddle, spank
give a spanking to; subject to a spanking; flagellate, scourge
whip; leather
whip with a leather strap; horsewhip
whip with a whip intended for horses; switch
flog with or as if with a flexible rod; cowhide
flog with a cowhide; cat
beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails; birch
whip with a birch twig

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