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beat-ups

beat-ups is the plural of beat-up.

Meaning of beat-up

Noun

beat-up (plural beat-ups)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) An artificially or disingenuously manufactured outcry, usually in the media.
    • “It has been suggested that this is a vicious book, a poisonous book, that it's a disgrace to have written it,” Mr Barry said at today's book launch. “That's a total beat-up."2009, Natasha Robinson, 'James Packer book outrage a beat-up, says Paul Barry', The Australian, Business section

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Questions about beat-ups

What is beat-ups the plural of?
Beat-ups is the plural of beat-up.

Words near beat-ups in the dictionary

  1. beat-mixes
  2. beat-mixing
  3. beat-script
  4. beat-scripts
  5. beat-up
  6. beat-ups
  7. beatability
  8. beatable
  9. beatbox
  10. beatboxed
  11. beatboxer

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