Meaning

3 senses

  1. To hurt someone by hitting or kicking them many times.

    She beat up on me pretty bad.

  2. To criticize someone unfairly.

    He's always beating up on her about her weight.

  3. Synonym of beat on.

    That show beats up on conservatives for comedy.

Examples

12 sentences

  1. Some older kids beat me up on my way home from school.

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  2. And so we beat on, boats against the current.

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  3. The beat goes on.

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  4. I beat him on points.

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  5. Have you beaten the game on hard mode?

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Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsbeat up on

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill beat up on

Synonyms

1 synonyms
beat on

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
beastiebeatB1beaterbeatingbeatitudebeatnik
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