beat up

beat up Informal

vb

1. (tr, adverb) to strike or kick (a person), usually repeatedly, so as to inflict severe physical damage

beat oneself up Informal to reproach oneself

adj beat-up

worn-out; dilapidated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	beat up - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" work over, beat strong-arm - use physical force against; "They strong-armed me when I left the restaurant" soak - beat severely pistol-whip - beat with a pistol belabour, belabor - beat soundly rough up - treat violently; "The police strong-armed the suspect" flog, lash, lather, trounce, welt, whip, slash, strap - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" cane, lambast, lambaste, flog - beat with a cane kayo, knock cold, knock out - knock unconscious or senseless; "the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds" flail, thrash, lam, thresh - give a thrashing to; beat hard clobber, baste, batter - strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" larrup, spank, paddle - give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
	2.	beat up - gather; "drum up support" drum up, rally collect, pull in - get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"

Translations

? beat up

vt sep

person → zusammenschlagen

(Cook) eggs, cream → schlagen