bang up
To damageTo damage.
» Tom did a bang-up job.
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3 senses(informal, transitive)To damage.
He banged up his new car last night.
zerdeppern, demolieren
разби́тьrazbítʹ, разру́шитьrazrúšitʹ
damage or destroy as if by violence
(informal, transitive)To put someone in prison, or into their individual cell.
He was so drunk that the police banged him up for the night.
(intransitive, slang)To inject a recreational drug.
Examples
5 sentencesTom did a bang-up job.
Tom got a little banged up.
I got pretty banged up.
Tom got banged up pretty badly.
Tom banged up his knee playing hockey.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
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Forms
bangs up, banging up, banged up, banged up| Base form | bang up · to bang up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | bangs up |
| Present participle | banging up |
| Past simple | banged up |
| Past participle | banged up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
8 phrasal verbs- bang upрозбитися, розбиватисяTo damage.
- bang offTo fire (a weapon or a shot); to ejaculate.
- bang outTo do (something) quickly, in a slipshod, or unprofessional manner, especially performing or composing music or a piece of writing.
- bang onTo talk about something constantly and tiresomely.
- bang awayTo strike or hit repeatedly
- bang intoTo accidentally collide with (something).
- bang aroundTo make a lot of percussive noise while moving around.
- bang aboutTo make a lot of percussive noise while moving around.
Synonyms
6 synonyms- damage or destroy as if by violence:smash upsmash
- make pregnant:impregnateknock upprang up
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.