Complete Definition of "beat up"

English

Verb
en-verb|inf=to beat up|beats up|beating up|beat up|beaten up

  1. To give a beating to.

#:I got beaten up by thugs on my way home.

  1. context|intransitive|nautical To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
  2. (reflexive; with the preposition over) To feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something.

Translations
trans-top|To give a beating to
Russian: изби��/избива�� (izbít/izbivát')
trans-mid
Spanish: apalear
trans-bottom

trans-top|To sail to windward
Russian: лави�ова�� (lavírovat')
trans-mid
trans-bottom

See also
beat 'em up
beat-up

Category:English phrasal verbs
Category:English simple past forms

it:beat up
fi:beat up

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