Meaning

11 senses
  1. (transitive)To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.

    I got beaten up by thugs on my way home.

    You don't beat people up, so that you can live in a society where nobody would beat you up.

    verprügeln, schlagen, aufmischen

    избива́тьizbivátʹ, изби́тьizbítʹ

    give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

  2. (transitive)To wake up earlier than (somebody).

    I wanted to beat you up this morning and make breakfast for you for once.

  3. To cause, by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.

    zurichten

  4. (reflexive)To feel badly guilty and accuse (oneself) over something.

    Don’t beat yourself up over such a minor mistake.

    fertigmachen

  5. To make (someone) feel badly guilty and accuse (them) over something.

  6. (WW2 air pilots' usage)To repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.

  7. To get something done (derived from the idea of beating for game).

    es aufnehmen mit

  8. (intransitive)To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.

    kreuzen

    лави́роватьlavírovatʹ

  9. (dated, intransitive)To disturb; to pay an untimely visit to.

  10. (dated, intransitive)To go diligently about in order to get helpers or participants in an enterprise.

    to beat up for recruits, or for volunteers

    die Werbetrommel rühren

  11. (obsolete)To attack suddenly; to alarm.

    überfallen

Examples

175 sentences
  1. I'm the one who got beat up.

    Це мене побили.

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  2. Tom says he's going to beat you up.

    Том каже, що поб'є тебе.

    ruТом говорит, что побьёт тебя.

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  3. Do you know the boys who beat Tom up?

    Ви знаєте хлопців, які побили Фому?

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  4. Tom beat Mary up.

    Том побив Мері.

    ruТом сильно избил Мэри.

    deTom schlug Mary zusammen.

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  5. Tom beat up Mary.

    Том побив Мері.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to give a beating to:
nautical: to sail to windward:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
to give a beating to:
to attack suddenly; to alarm:
to cause injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up:
to feel guilty and accuse oneself over something:
to get something done:
nautical: to sail to windward:
to go diligently about in order to get helpers or participants in an enterprise:

Forms

beats up, beating up, beat up, beaten up
Base formbeat up · to beat up
3rd person singularbeats up
Present participlebeating up
Past simplebeat up
Past participlebeaten up / beat up

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybeat up
he, she, itbeats up

Past simpleLesson

all personsbeat up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave beaten up
he, she, ithas beaten up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill beat up

Phrasal verbs

9 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbeat-up

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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