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beat-'em-up

beat-'em-up is the alternative form of beat 'em up.

Meaning of beat 'em up

Noun

beat 'em up (plural beat 'em ups)

  1. A video game of the genre oriented around interpersonal combat (e.g. martial arts, street fighting, brawling).
    Synonyms:
    brawler

Forms of beat-'em-up

pluralbeat-'em-ups

Questions about beat-'em-up

What is beat-'em-up the alternative form of?
Beat-'em-up is the alternative form of beat 'em up.

Words near beat-'em-up in the dictionary

  1. beat up someone's quarters
  2. beat ups
  3. beat with the ugly stick
  4. beat your neighbour
  5. beat your neighbour out of doors
  6. beat-'em-up
  7. beat-'em-ups
  8. beat-boxing
  9. beat-down
  10. beat-match
  11. beat-matched

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Adapted from Wiktionary: beat-'em-up (page history and authors); beat 'em up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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