beat up onsomeone
phrasal verbwithbeatverbuk/biːt/us/biːt/beat|beatenorUSalsobeat
USinformaltohurtsomeone byhittingorkickingthem manytimes:
Kids used tobeatup on him afterschool.
tocriticizesomeoneunfairly:
She didn’t like beingbeatenup on by thepress.
Hitting and beating
- at-risk
- bangsomeoneup
- basher
- bashing
- battered
- belabour
- brain
- bunch
- butt
- deck
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knocksomeone'sblock offidiom
- lamp
- mess
- swing
- wallop
- whop
- whup
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