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bashing up

bashing up is the present participle and gerund of bash up.

Meaning of bash up

Verb

bash up (third-person singular simple present bashes up, present participle bashing up, simple past and past participle bashed up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury; to beat up.
    • He shouted at us, so we bashed him up.

Questions about bashing up

What is bashing up the present participle and gerund of?
Bashing up is the present participle and gerund of bash up.

Words near bashing up in the dictionary

  1. bashing out
  2. bashing someone's face in
  3. bashing someone's head
  4. bashing the bishop
  5. bashing together
  6. bashing up
  7. bashings
  8. Bashir
  9. bashism
  10. bashisms
  11. Bashkir

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