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beat up someone's quarters

beat up someone's quarters verb: to visit for lascivious purposes.

Verb

beat up someone's quarters (third-person singular simple present beats up someone's quarters, present participle beating up someone's quarters, simple past beat up someone's quarters, past participle beaten up someone's quarters or beat up someone's quarters)

  1. (archaic, humorous) To visit for lascivious purposes.
    • I am going, Lopez, to double my Attacks: I'll beat up her Quarters six Times a-night; I am now downright in Love: the Difficulties pique me to the Attempt, and I'll conquer or I'll die.1702, John Vanbrugh, The False Friend
    • Well, but Bellmour, where does she live? I'm but just arriv'd you know, and I'll go and beat up her Quarters.1757, Arthur Murphy, The Upholsterer

Forms of beat up someone's quarters

third-person singular presentbeats up someone's quarters
present participlebeating up someone's quarters
pastbeat up someone's quarters
past participlebeaten up someone's quarters
past participlebeat up someone's quarters

Questions about beat up someone's quarters

What does beat up someone's quarters mean?
Beat up someone's quarters means to visit for lascivious purposes.
What part of speech is beat up someone's quarters?
Beat up someone's quarters is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat up someone's quarters?
The past tense of beat up someone's quarters is beat up someone's quarters.

Words near beat up someone's quarters in the dictionary

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

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