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beat up on

beat up on verb: to hurt someone by hitting or kicking them many times.

Verb

beat up on (third-person singular simple present beats up on, present participle beating up on, simple past beat up on, past participle beaten up on or beat up on)

  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.
    • We spent the better part of that year beating up on each other about why we weren't getting anything done.1990 February 4, Pam Mitchell, quoting Susan Moir, “Pro-Union And Queer”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 5
  3. Synonym of beat on.
    • That show beats up on conservatives for comedy.
    Synonyms:
    beat on

Synonyms of beat up on

Forms of beat up on

third-person singular presentbeats up on
present participlebeating up on
pastbeat up on
past participlebeaten up on
past participlebeat up on

Questions about beat up on

What does beat up on mean?
Beat up on means to hurt someone by hitting or kicking them many times.
What part of speech is beat up on?
Beat up on is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat up on?
The past tense of beat up on is beat up on.

Words near beat up on in the dictionary

  1. beat to
  2. beat to a pulp
  3. beat to quarters
  4. beat to the punch
  5. beat up
  6. beat up on
  7. beat up someone's quarters
  8. beat ups
  9. beat with the ugly stick
  10. beat your neighbour
  11. beat your neighbour out of doors

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