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BEAT UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gather
Example:
drum up support
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "beat up" is one way to...):
collect; pull in (get or bring together)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
Example:
The teacher used to beat the students
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
"Beat up" entails doing...:
hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "beat up"):
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)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to beat up the prisoners
