as in to work (over)
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as in dilapidated
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
drives the same beat-up truck he had in high school
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
On December 31, the 60-year-old American Pickers host took to his Instagram to share a photo of himself sitting on a beat-up couch wearing jeans and a white t-shirt.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Trading in your beat-up mattress for something new is one of the best ways to start sleeping through the night.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
The actor and martial arts master plays Caine, a blind assassin who uses advanced hearing to beat-up bad guys in creative and brutal ways, as well as - what else? - a cane.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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In the fall of 1934, three men in their 20s piled into a beat-up car in Los Angeles and drove 1,700 miles to Morelia, the capital of the Mexican state of Michoacán.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
On December 31, the 60-year-old American Pickers host took to his Instagram to share a photo of himself sitting on a beat-up couch wearing jeans and a white t-shirt.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Trading in your beat-up mattress for something new is one of the best ways to start sleeping through the night.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
The actor and martial arts master plays Caine, a blind assassin who uses advanced hearing to beat-up bad guys in creative and brutal ways, as well as - what else? - a cane.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Beat (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beat%20%28up%29. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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